Six tourists were killed, and scores were injured from mass alcohol poisoning in a little town known as a backpacker paradise ...
Police in Laos have arrested eight people over the suspected mass methanol poisoning which killed six foreign tourists in ...
Laotian authorities have been working to rid the town of its deadly reputation. Clearly, they haven’t worked hard enough.
Backpacker hotspot Vang Vieng is in the spotlight following deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning.
Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...
The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...
Vang Vieng - a tiny town on the Nam Song river surrounded by limestone mountains and paddy fields - is known for its scenery.