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

Australia has warned travelers against drinking spirits made by a Laos distiller, following the deaths of six foreign ...

Vang Vieng, Laos - 13, 2024 Video shot from inside the hostel on Nov 13, 2024. Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in ...

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 ...

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

Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel where two teenage Australian tourists stayed who were poisoned ...

James Louis Hutson, 57, of the US, and Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20 and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, both Danish, were ...

The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.

The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...

Six travelers have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, Laos. Most of these incidents occur in Asia, ...