Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the ...

The mother of a British lawyer who died after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol in Laos has revealed the ...

The mother of a London lawyer who died after drinking contaminated vodka while travelling in Laos has recalled her ...

Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...

Australia has warned travelers against drinking spirits made by a Laos distiller, following the deaths of six foreign ...

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

The death of six foreigners in Vang Vieng threatens to undermine the government’s desperate attempts to revive its tourism ...

Australia has warned travellers not to drink some liquors in Laos, following a spate of deaths linked to suspected methanol ...

The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...

Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...

Out on the river there is little sign that the poisonings are stopping people coming to Vang Vieng. Late November is peak ...

The mum of a lawyer from Orpington who died after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol in Laos has revealed the ...