Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the ...

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The father of an Australian teenager who died from methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea to the Laos government to fully investigate his daughter’s death and ensure ...

Six people reportedly died after consuming methanol-laced alcohol while vacationing in Laos Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. Her work includes writing about crime ...

The manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning. Local media said that police brought in the 34-year-old ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A foreign tourist rests near a swimming pool at Nana Backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, Friday, Nov. 22 ...

BANGKOK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.

he Laos government said Saturday it was "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll from a suspected methanol poisoning incident now at six. A statement ...

The Laos government has said it is “profoundly saddened” and is investigating the deaths of six people from suspected methanol poisoning, including a British lawyer. Simone White, 28 ...

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The Laos government said on Saturday (Nov 23) that it was "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll from a suspected methanol poisoning incident now at six.

A mass alcohol poisoning has killed at least six tourists in Laos. An American is among those killed. An American man was among at least six tourists who were killed in a mass alcohol ...