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

TOPSHOT - A motorcyclist passes the Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng on November 24, 2024. The Laos government said on ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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