Authorities in Laos have reportedly banned the sale and consumption of a vodka and whisky brand after six tourists died from ...

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

At least six tourists who traveled to Laos have died in recent days, prompting international alarm about the dangers of ...

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...

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 ...

“(We are) aware of a number of cases of suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, possibly through the consumption of methanol-laced alcoholic drinks,” the US Embassy in Vientiane said in a ...

An American is among at least five tourists who have died after visiting a town in Laos where concerns have arisen about ...

Police in Laos have detained eight members of staff at a backpacker hostel following the deaths of six tourists from ...

Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...

The problem with methanol poisoning is that it looks very much like alcohol poisoning. And delays in treatment can be fatal.

Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...