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Bianca Jones, 19 ans, est la quatrième personne à perdre la vie depuis qu'un groupe de jeunes touristes est tombé malade après une soirée arrosée dans la ville de Vang Vieng, au Laos.
Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in the south-east Asian town in Laos speaking of their experiences ...
Laos has tried to rebrand Vang Vieng as less of a party destination. In 2012, the government closed down many of the cheap bars that catered to the backpacker crowd and pivoted toward becoming ...
A notice is displayed at the bar of Nana Backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, Nov 19, 2024. (Photo: AP/Anupam Nath) 22 Nov 2024 08:56AM (Updated: 23 Nov 2024 02:45AM) ...
Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the headlines for all the wrong reasons once again.
Four people died — including a teenager — and another 19-year-old remains in critical condition as authorities say drinks in the popular backpacker town of Vang Vieng, Laos, were spiked with ...
British backpacker Tash Moore, 21, arrived in Laos just days after six people fell victim to a suspected mass methanol poisoning incident, but she says bar staff in Vang Vieng were still pouring ...
Picturesque Vang Vieng, with its karst mountains, 154km north of Vientiane in Laos. (File photo) The state-run Transport Co plans to resume the Udon Thani-Nong Khai-Vang Vieng bus service in November.
Australia said "several foreign nationals" had also been victims of methanol poisoning. The U.S. State Department confirmed that an American had also died in Vang Vieng.
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, confirmed ...