Bethany Clarke and her friend were staying at the Nana Backpacker's Hostel in Vang Vieng in November when they, along with several others, were offered free whisky and vodka shots before horror ensued ...

The three were staying at the Miracle Colombo City Hostel in Colombo (Picture: Google Maps) A British woman ... in the popular backpacker town of Vang Vieng.

The 28-year-old, from Orpington in London, had been drinking in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng during a holiday to southeast Asia withtwo childhood friends. ‘I’m having the best time ...

The 19-year-old friends from Melbourne were on the trip of a lifetime in the tourist town of Vang Vieng in November last year when they fell ill. The pair, alongside four other tourists staying at ...

Just like ethanol in alcohol, methanol is a colourless liquid that smell similar to booze but it is far cheaper to produce.

Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles both died after they fell ill consuming drinks laced with methanol in Vang Vieng in November. The two 19-year-olds from Melbourne were travelling through ...

The pair were served the free drinks with pals at the Nana Backpackers Hostel in traveller hotspot Vang Vieng. They each drank six shots - with Bethany saying she watched the bartender pour the ...

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 in ...

Their deaths came just five weeks after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning after a night out in the Laos backpacker hotspot of Vang Vieng. The tourists, including British lawyer ...

The Australian teenagers died of alcohol poisoning in November after inadvertently drinking alcohol laced with lethal methanol at Vang Vieng. Marles was asked what progress had been made on the ...