They have stopped serving shots in the backpacker bars of Vang Vieng. The night spots of this south-east Asian tourist town would normally be full of young travellers downing traditional Lao whiskey,

Bianca passed away on November 21, followed by Holly a day later. Alongside them, 28-year-old British tourist Simone White and three more travelers—two Danish women aged 19 and 20 and an American—became victims of a suspected mass methanol poisoning.

Vang Vieng in Laos has had a reputation for dangerous partying for over a decade and attempts to reform the town's tourist offering have clearly failed, writes Laura Hill

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.

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng last week

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected methanol poisoning outbreak.

A suspected mass methanol poisoning incident in Laos has claimed a sixth victim, the second Australian tourist to die.

Tributes paid to British lawyer with ‘bright future’ as sixth death confirmed - Holly Bowles was taken to a Thai hospital after consuming ‘tainted’ alcohol shots in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vie