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

They have stopped serving shots in the backpacker bars of Vang Vieng. The night spots of this south-east Asian tourist town ...

A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has ...

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

South East Asia correspondent Zach Hope reports from Vang Vieng, where cheap alcohol is plentiful but answers about what ...

Another 19-year-old remains in critical condition as authorities say drinks in the backpacker town of Vang Vieng, Laos, were spiked with methanol Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Vang Vieng is particularly popular among backpackers seeking partying and adventure sports. Details on the alcohol poisoning began trickling out about a week after the two Australian women fell ...

Many of the victims were reportedly staying at Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos (Anupam Nath/AP) (AP) In a post on a Laos backpacking Facebook group on 16 November, which has since been ...

An American, two Danish tourists, and a 19-year old from Australia — Bianca Jones — have died, while multiple people were sickened in Vang Vieng, a town popular with backpackers and tourists ...

Another 19-year-old remains in critical condition as authorities say drinks in the backpacker town of Vang Vieng, Laos, were spiked with methanol Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto via Getty Vang Vieng ...

Another 19-year-old remains in critical condition as authorities say drinks in the backpacker town of Vang Vieng, Laos, were spiked with methanol Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto via Getty Vang Vieng, Laos, ...