A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially injured scores of others ...

Vang Vieng is a town popular with backpackers, usually young people who travel on a budget, and has a reputation for cheap ...

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

Eight employees of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained for questioning after six foreign tourists died from ...

Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of ...

Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to ...

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

Nat Barr has broken down in tears following an emotional report about the two Australian women who died in a suspected mass ...

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

"Excited to embark on the trip of a lifetime, they travelled to Thailand and Laos to experience new cultures and create ...

Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...

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