Laos' deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over backpacker town | AP News
4 days ago · VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially injured scores of others.. News broke earlier this week that two Australian teens became critically ill after a night out drinking in the town of Vang Vieng. They died in Thai hospitals, with one ...
Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos city swept up in …
4 days ago · Vang Vieng, a popular backpacker destination in northern Laos, is at the center of an unfolding tragedy after several Western nations, including the United States and the United Kingdom,...
Deaths rise to 6 in mass alcohol poisoning of ... - Associated Press News
5 days ago · VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll in the mass poisoning of foreign tourists to six.. Holly Bowles, 19, had been in critical condition on life support following the poisoning in Laos more than a week ago.
'Don't drink the spirits': Laos backpackers avoid shots after ... - BBC
2 days ago · As the sun slowly dips behind the jagged peaks of Mount Nam Xay, a group of brightly coloured hot air balloons drift across the Vang Vieng valley. In the river below, young tourists laugh and ...
Laos hostel staff detained after suspected methanol deaths - BBC
1 day ago · Some travellers in Vang Vieng are steering clear of the once-popular free shots and alcohol buckets offered to tourists, telling the BBC that they felt concerned about their safety.
Laos methanol poisonings: Australian teens among six tourists …
6 days ago · On Friday, police also detained the manager and owner of a hostel where the backpackers were staying, the Associated Press reported, citing an officer at Vang Vieng’s Tourism Police office and ...
Mass poisoning blamed on tainted alcohol in Laos, with ... - NBC News
5 days ago · Reports about the mass poisoning in Vang Vieng began to emerge last week after Jones and Bowles fell ill on Nov. 13 after a night out drinking with a group in the remote town.
Deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over the Laotian
4 days ago · Vang Vieng received more than 600,000 tourists in 2023, and expected to see even more this year, the state-owned Laos News Agency quoted the district governor as saying earlier this year.
American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos …
6 days ago · VIENTIANE: An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in the Laos town of Vang Vieng, Australia’s prime minister said Thursday (Nov 21), bringing the death toll to four in...
Deaths of 4 tourists, including an American, linked to ... - CBS News
6 days ago · Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Parliament that 19-year-old Bianca Jones had died after being evacuated from Vang Vieng, Laos for treatment in a Thai hospital.
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