Laos has tried to rebrand Vang Vieng as less of a party destination. In 2012, the government closed down many of the cheap bars that catered to the backpacker crowd and pivoted toward becoming ...

Another 19-year-old remains in critical condition as authorities say drinks in the backpacker town of Vang Vieng, Laos, were spiked with methanol By. Cara Lynn Shultz. Cara Lynn Shultz.

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of ...

Laos methanol poisonings latest: ... 28, from Orpington, was confirmed dead on Thursday after becoming unwell in the backpacker hotspot Vang Vieng alongside a number of other young travellers.

On Friday, the U.S. State Department said it was aware of “a number of cases of suspected methanol poisoning” in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist destination in Laos, specifically for backpackers.

American among 5 tourists dead amid concerns over alcohol tainted with methanol in Laos Reports about the poisonings in Vang Vieng began to emerge last week, prompting several nations to issue ...

Drone footage captures Vang Vieng, Laos, where British lawyer Simone White, 28, from Kent, died after methanol poisoning. White is the fifth tourist to succumb after falling dangerously ill last ...

News; World news; Laos; Vang Vieng methanol poisonings: Laos government breaks silence on party town tourist deaths Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to ...

The US State Department on Friday issued a health alert for citizens traveling in Laos, warning of “suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, possibly through the consumption of methanol-laced ...

Vang Vieng's tiny hospital recorded 27 tourist deaths in 2011 due to drowning or diving head-first into rocks, the Guardian reported at the time. In 2012, just one year after I visited the Laos ...

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town ...