Vang Vieng in Laos has had a reputation for dangerous partying for over a decade and attempts to reform the town's tourist ...

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The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in ...

Some suspect the tourists consumed drinks laced with methanol, a deadly substance often found in bootleg alcohol.

Holly Bowles was taken to a Thai hospital after consuming ‘tainted’ alcohol shots in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng ...

Holly Bowles, 19, is one of six tourists who have died in Laos from what is believed to be methanol poisoning. She passed ...

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Parliament that 19-year-old Bianca Jones had died after being evacuated from Vang Vieng, Laos for treatment in a Thai hospital. Her friend ...

Another 19-year-old remains in critical condition as authorities say drinks in the backpacker town of Vang Vieng, Laos, were spiked with methanol Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Two Danish tourists, an American man and an Australian teenager also died after reportedly being offered free "Laos Tiger" vodka shots by a bar in Vang Vieng. Brit Simone White, a lawyer from ...

A British woman, another Australian teenager, an American and two Danes have also died in recent days following a spate of suspected poisonings in the popular backpacker destination of Vang Vieng ...

Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was among a number of people taken to hospital following the incident in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng last week. The UK Foreign Commonwealth and ...