The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in ...

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

Holly Bowles, 19, is one of six tourists who have died in Laos from what is believed to be methanol poisoning. She passed ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...