Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry as a centre for cybercrime.

Laos has failed to accept "consistent" offers by Australian Federal Police to assist the investigation into the methanol poisoning deaths of Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles.

News World news Alcohol 'My daughter died in Laos mass poisoning - this was her final text to me' British lawyer Simone White, 28, was one of six tourists who tragically died following a methanol ...

Simone White, 28, was one of six tourists who tragically died following a mass methanol poisoning at a hostel bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, last November.

The mass poisoning is thought to have originated at a backpacker hostel in the town of Vang Vieng in Laos, which is now closed and under investigation.

Three more staff members from a Laos hostel believed to be the source of a mass methanol poisoning have been arrested, after six tourists, including two Australian teenagers, died. In total, 11 ...

Simone White’s mum has spoken publicly for the first time after her daughter died in Laos from a suspected mass methanol poisoning.

Eight employees of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained for questioning after six foreign tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning.

A third Australian is ill after a suspected mass poisoning event in Laos, as pressure mounts on the South East Asian nation to provide answers after the deaths of six tourists.

Several members of staff from a hostel in Laos have reportedly been arrested after six tourists died from a suspected mass poisoning.

The death of six tourists visiting Laos is suspected to be the result of mass methanol poisoning, after all are believed to have consumed alcoholic drinks tainted with the toxic substance.