Some fourteen people were reportedly sickened following a night out in Vang Vieng around Nov. 12, report CNBC's Monica ...

Six travelers have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, Laos. Most of these incidents occur in Asia, ...

Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...

The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...

Two Danes, two Australians, a Briton and an American died from methanol poisoning after visiting Vang Vieng, an idyllic town ...

The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with ...

The government of Laos, in Southeast Asia, is vowing to track the source of a suspected "mass alcohol poisoning" in a resort town popular with backpackers. At least six tourists are dead after ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...