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

The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...

As the sun slowly dips behind the jagged peaks of Mount Nam Xay, a group of brightly coloured hot air balloons drift across ...

Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...

A methanol poisoning incident in Vang Vieng, Laos, has resulted in six tourist deaths, including citizens from Australia, ...

I still remember the first time I saw Vang Vieng, in Laos. It was many years ago, before the Chinese began pouring money in ...

A New Zealand citizen poisoned after drinking contaminated alcohol in a popular tourist town in Laos has returned home, ...

Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in ...

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family ...

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...

Laotian authorities have been working to rid the town of its deadly reputation. Clearly, they haven’t worked hard enough.

Tourists from the U.S., Australia, Denmark and the U.K. have died. A tourism police officer said a "number of people" had ...