Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos backpacker town at center of suspected methanol poisonings
The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in ...
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Teenage Backpacker and 3 Others Die After Drinking Tainted Alcohol in Popular Tourist Town
Another 19-year-old remains in critical condition as authorities say drinks in the backpacker town of Vang Vieng, Laos, were spiked with methanol Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.
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Program: Vang Vieng: The darkside of the partytown
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Laos methanol poisoning: British woman, 28, dies as Vang Vieng death toll hits 5
Two Danish tourists, an American man and an Australian teenager also died after reportedly being offered free "Laos Tiger" vodka shots by a bar in Vang Vieng. Brit Simone White, a lawyer from ...
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Deaths of 4 tourists, including an American, linked to drinking tainted alcohol in Laos
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Parliament that 19-year-old Bianca Jones had died after being evacuated from Vang Vieng, Laos for treatment in a Thai hospital. Her friend ...
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4 tourists die from methanol tainted alcohol in Laos
Several backpackers have fallen ill in a suspected methanol poisoning incident in Vang Vieng, Laos. One young Australian woman was on "life support" in a Thai hospital, her father said. A group of ...
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Australian teens among six tourists dead as countries warn of suspected methanol poisonings in Laos
A British woman, another Australian teenager, an American and two Danes have also died in recent days following a spate of suspected poisonings in the popular backpacker destination of Vang Vieng ...
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Australian tourists in hospital after suspected severe alcohol poisoning in Laos
A woman carries a baby as she walks by the Nana Backpack hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos (Anupam Nath/AP) Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning ...
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British lawyer the fifth tourist to die from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos backpacking town
Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was among a number of people taken to hospital following the incident in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng last week. The UK Foreign Commonwealth and ...
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American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident
VIENTIANE: An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in the Laos town of Vang Vieng, Australia’s prime minister said Thursday (Nov 21), bringing the death toll to four in ...
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Alcohol poisoning in Laos leaves 2 tourists hospitalized
VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after consuming tainted drinks in neighboring Laos, Australian media reported ...