Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of ...

Authorities in Laos have reportedly banned the sale and consumption of a vodka and whisky brand after six tourists died from ...

A Laos government document obtained by the ABC suggests the source of a methanol poisoning outbreak that killed six tourists ...

Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...

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

Authorities have named the American tourist who was one of five people to die of suspected methanol poisoning at a hostel in ...

Laos is a favorite tourist destination for many backpackers and young, carefree adults. However, in recent weeks, the ...

Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after apparently consuming ...

James Louis Hutson, 57, of the US, and Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20 and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, both Danish, were ...

Four people have died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos after officials said that multiple people had been sickened in ...

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to ...

A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has ... The early stages of methanol poisoning can resemble typical alcohol intoxication. Its more severe symptoms — such as difficulty ...