Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of ...

Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of ...

The families of two Australian teenagers killed in a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos have welcomed news that eight ...

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to ...

A New Zealander who had fallen ill from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has now returned home, authorities have ...

The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...

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

Two Danes, two Australians, a Briton and an American died from methanol poisoning after visiting Vang Vieng, an idyllic town ...

The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.

Tourists from the U.S., Australia, Denmark and the U.K. have died. A tourism police officer said a "number of people" had ...