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

Vang Vieng in Laos has had a reputation for dangerous partying for over a decade and attempts to reform the town's tourist ...

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

Six tourists were killed and scores were injured from mass alcohol poisoning in a little town known as a backpacker paradise ...

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

Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...

I still remember the first time I saw Vang Vieng, in Laos. It was many years ago, before the Chinese began pouring money in ...

Even tubing was made safer. But Vang Vieng’s reputation as a party town ... Bar staff still fished for tourists coming down the river on tubes, but signs in the town warned visitors about ...