Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the ...

Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...

Australia has warned travelers against drinking spirits made by a Laos distiller, following the deaths of six foreign ...

Authorities in Laos have reportedly banned the sale and consumption of a vodka and whisky brand after six tourists died from ...

THE heartbroken mum of Brit lawyer Simone White has revealed her agonising journey to see her dying daughter after she was killed with methanol-laced booze. Simone, 28, along with five other young ...

Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of ...

The death of six foreigners in Vang Vieng threatens to undermine the government’s desperate attempts to revive its tourism ...

Australia has warned travellers not to drink some liquors in Laos, following a spate of deaths linked to suspected methanol ...

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 ...

Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in ...