The Laotian government has promised to bring perpetrators to justice after a mass poisoning that has killed six tourists including two Australians.

The family of a young Australian girl who died in hospital after falling critically ill from a mass methanol poisoning in Laos has urged the local government to prevent other lives from being lost. Bianca Jones died in a Thailand hospital on Thursday, and her friend Holly Bowles’ family confirmed her death the next day.

The father of Bianca Jones has issued a plea to the Laos government after she died from suspected methanol poisoning following a night out.

Thai police have confirmed the death of Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones, who became ill after drinking tainted alcohol during a backpacking holiday in Laos.

The father of one of the Melbourne teens who died from suspected methanol poisoning on the South-East Asia "trip of a lifetime" has urged the Laos government to fully investigate what happened to ensure her death was not in vain.

Australian methanol poisoning survivors have shared their experiences of consuming tainted alcohol after two teenagers fell ill in Laos and died this week.

Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel where two teenage Australian tourists stayed who were poisoned by tainted alcohol, one fatally, in a case that appears to have claimed th

Australian teenager Holly Bowles has become the sixth foreign tourist to die from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old died more than a week after falling ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng,

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die of suspected methanol poisoning in a backpacker hotspot in northern Laos.