The government of Laos breaks its silence over the deaths of six tourists from methanol poisoning, saying it is "profoundly ...

An American is among at least five tourists who have died after visiting a town in Laos where concerns have arisen about ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has updated its travel advice for Laos following the suspected methanol poisoning ...

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

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a ...

An Australian teenager who tragically died from suspected methanol poisoning "was on the trip of a lifetime" with one of her ...

Simone White was enjoying a holiday with friends in Laos last week when she accepted a free shot from a bar. The 28-year-old ...

The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, pledging ...

A British woman claimed she lost her vision and became violently ill after drinking vodka at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in ...

THE backpacker hostel at the centre of a suspected mass methanol poisoning remained open for over a week after the first ...

The Laotian government officially acknowledged the mass poisoning on Saturday and offered its condolences to the families of ...

What makes methanol toxic? The difference is in how methanol is metabolised, or broken down in our bodies. Ethanol is metabolised into a chemical compound called acetaldehyde. Ace ...