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.
Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers
Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country.
Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the ...
Eight employees of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained for questioning after six foreign tourists died from ...
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Laos’ tainted alcohol deaths send chill through backpacker paradiseBackpacker hotspot Vang Vieng is in the spotlight following deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning.
Six foreign tourists including Simone White, a 28-year-old British lawyer, have died in the last two weeks from suspected ...
Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...
A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family ...
The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...
Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in ...
The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...
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