VIENTIANE: Savannakhet province is stepping up efforts to promote its rich cultural heritage, natural attractions and local ...

The government of Laos has released its first statement in response to tourists becoming ill and dying from methanol ...

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

I still remember the first time I saw Vang Vieng, in Laos. It was many years ago, before the Chinese began pouring money in ...

The suspected methanol-laced vodka blamed for the deaths of six backpackers in Laos, including Australian teenagers Bianca ...

A British backpacker who drank at the same Laos hostel as Australian victims Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones has revealed she ...

Government-backed media outlet Vientiane Times, which reproduced parts of the document, reported that they both died at about ...

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

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

What's the cheapest city to fly into in Laos? The cheapest city to fly into is Vientiane; and the cheapest airport serving this city at the moment is Vientiane. Which is the cheapest airport to fly ...

The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with ...

Details have been murky over the number of tourists affected and the possible source of the methanol-laced drinks.