Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ...

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. "Just make sure you push ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The deaths of six Western tourists – including Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles – due to inadvertently ...

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

Night spots in the south-east Asian town of Vang Vieng has suspended the sale of shots following the death of six tourists, including Simone White, 28, a British lawyer who died from suspected ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Vang Vieng: Tiger, the “finest blended” Laos vodka, costs $2.50 a bottle in the shops down the road from Nana Backpacker Hostel.

Rescuers who freed a 65-year-old Lithuanian man trapped in a river in Tasmania's remote south-west have detailed the challenges of the complex mission. The challenges included a language barrier ...

An illegal trade in alcohol and drugs, and lax policing, made last week’s tragic deaths in Vang Vieng inevitable Most people who want to get from Vientiane to Vang Vieng take the bus.

Eight staff of the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng were detained for investigation. They are aged between 23 and 44. Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was one of those who fell ill earlier ...

VANG VIENG, Laos (AP): A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially ...