Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos backpacker town at center of suspected methanol poisonings
The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation for excess.
Laotian authorities have been working to rid the town of its deadly reputation. Clearly, they haven’t worked hard enough.
I still remember the first time I saw Vang Vieng, in Laos. It was many years ago, before the Chinese began pouring money in ...
Backpackers at the Nakee Bar on the banks of the Nam Song River in Vang Vieng, Laos. Picture: Supplied Hundreds of ...
A U.S. citizen has died in a tourist town in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos following reports that multiple travelers ...
A second Australian tourist has died after drinking alcohol that was laced with methanol in Vang Vieng, Laos. That brings the total number of deaths to six, NOS reports. A Dutch woman who became ill ...
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