A street sign directed at tourists in the town of Vang Vieng, Laos. Credit: Jimmy Thomson That form of tubing, where you ...

OFFICIALS in several countries are warning of the dangers of consuming alcoholic drinks that contain methanol after the ...

Police revealed that the first victim was only discovered in the Nana Backpacker guesthouse after concerned staff used a master key to go into his room.

The government of Laos has released its first statement in response to tourists becoming ill and dying from methanol ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a ...

An American man was among at least six tourists who were killed in a mass alcohol poisoning case in a popular tourist town in ...

They have stopped serving shots in the backpacker bars of Vang Vieng. The night spots of this south-east Asian tourist town ...

Details have been murky over the number of tourists affected and the possible source of the methanol-laced drinks.

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok ...

A second Australian woman who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, ...

Vang Vieng - a tiny town on the Nam Song river surrounded by limestone mountains and paddy fields - is known for its scenery. It is also known as a party town - a reputation Laos officials have been ...