As someone who has visited this remote corner of Laos, I wondered: What fun is that sort of speed when you can take three ...

The father of an Australian teenager who died from methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea to the Laos government to fully investigate his daughter’s death and ensure ...

Vang Vieng, Laos — 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 ...

BANGKOK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.

An American, two Danes and one Australian tourist died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos following reports that several people had been sickened in a town popular with backpackers.

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 ...

An Australian teenager has tragically passed away after consuming tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, a case that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as "every parent's nightmare." ...

SINGAPORE – They do not let school or a full-time job stand in the way of chasing their travel dreams. Even if they have to scrimp, save or juggle side hustles, they find creative ways to fund ...

A New Zealand citizen poisoned after drinking contaminated alcohol in a popular tourist town in Laos has returned home, authorities said on Monday (Nov 25), as Laos pledged to prosecute those ...

An American is among at least five tourists who have died in recent days after visiting a town in Laos where tainted alcohol is suspected to be the cause behind a series of methanol poisoning cases.

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos BANGKOK -- Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Several tourists who died in Vang Vieng, Laos are believed to have drunk tainted alcohol. An American, two Danes, two Australians, and a Brit ...