A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has ...

Vang Vieng in Laos are popular with backpackers travelling through South ... a very poor country with lax regulations and ...

Laos government has broken its silence, following the deaths of at least 6 tourists, including two Australians.

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok ...

A second Australian woman who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, ...

Various countries have issued health alerts, including the US, warning of potential methanol poisoning via tainted drinks in ...

Alcohol laced with methanol is believed to be the cause of their deaths.The government of Laos expressed its sorrow on ...

The victims were an American, two Danes, two Australians, and a Brit. Australia's prime minister called the ordeal "every ...

Holly Bowles, 19, had been in critical condition on life support following the poisoning in Laos more than a week ago.

Methanol is sometimes illicitly used as a cheap substitute ... adding that police advised every hotel and bar in the town to ...

The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, pledging ...

The deaths of five tourists after apparently drinking tainted drinks highlight the wider issue of bootleg alcohol.