Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos backpacker town at center of suspected methanol poisonings
The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation for excess.
Vang Vieng had been reinvented as a centre for adventure tourism, but the tragic deaths of six backpackers have brought back ...
I still remember the first time I saw Vang Vieng, in Laos. It was many years ago, before the Chinese began pouring money in ...
An American man was among at least six tourists who were killed in a mass alcohol poisoning case in a popular tourist town in ...
A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family ...
Laotian authorities have been working to rid the town of its deadly reputation. Clearly, they haven’t worked hard enough.
The victims were an American, two Danes, two Australians, and a Brit. Australia's prime minister called the ordeal "every ...
Death of second Australian teenager comes as the owner of Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng is detained by Laotian police ...
Vang Vieng - a tiny town on the Nam Song river surrounded by limestone mountains and paddy fields - is known for its scenery.
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