British lawyer Simone White, 28, from Orpington in Kent died after drinking free shots allegedly laced with deadly methanol.

Two Danish women, aged 20 and 21, tragically died in Laos earlier this week. Staff members at their hostel found them ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has ...

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