Six tourists from Australia, Denmark, the United States, and the United Kingdom have died in Laos due to methanol poisoning.

Australia has warned travelers against drinking spirits made by a Laos distiller, following the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning in the Southeast Asian country.

Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the ...

VIENTIANE – The Lao government on Saturday pledged to act and hold wrongdoers ... He was taken to the district hospital, and police were called to inspect his room, where four empty bottles of beer ...

Melbourne teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both aged 19, had been enjoying the trip of their young lives there when ...

Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in ...

ITV News' Asia Correspondent Debi Edward has been to Vang Vieng, Laos, where local bars have reassured visitors and ...

Six foreign backpackers including Simone White, a British lawyer, have died after drinking contaminated alcohol in Vang Vieng ...

James Louis Hutson, 57, was found dead inside his room at the Nana Backpacker Hotel in Vang Viang on November 13 and is one ...

FOR many Brits, the serene landscapes of Laos provide the perfect stage for wanderlust-fueled adventures. But the popular Asian country has been rocked by a series of chilling tragedies that have ...

He said the women had joined more than 100 other guests for free shots of Lao vodka offered by the hostel two days earlier.