Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos city swept up in methanol …
Nov 22, 2024 · But now, Vang Vieng’s drinking culture is back in the news. As reports of tourists’ deaths emerged in recent days, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Canada and the US all …
Laos methanol: Foreign hostel staff detained after poisonings as
3 days ago · The employees of the Nana Backpacker Hostel in the northern town of Vang Vieng, all Vietnamese nationals aged between 23 and 44, were arrested Monday by local police, …
Laos methanol poisonings: Don’t drink local ‘Tiger’ spirits in Laos ...
1 day ago · The manager of a hostel in Vang Vieng displays a bottle of Tiger Vodka in Vang Vieng, Laos, on November 19, 2024.
Laos' deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over backpacker town | AP News
Nov 23, 2024 · VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six …
Laos hostel staff detained after suspected methanol deaths - BBC
4 days ago · He earlier told the Associated Press news agency that 19-year-old Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles ... also died after she was believed to have ingested methanol …
Australian teenager 6th person to die from suspected methanol …
Nov 22, 2024 · Six tourists - two Australians, two Danes, a Briton and an American - have died in the incident so far in Vang Vieng, a town in Laos popular with backpackers.
Mass poisoning blamed on tainted alcohol in Laos, with ... - NBC News
Nov 21, 2024 · An American citizen has died at a popular adventure spot in Laos where alcohol tainted with methanol has been blamed for a spate of poisonings in recent days. The State …
4 tourists die from methanol tainted alcohol in Laos
Nov 21, 2024 · Several backpackers have fallen ill in a suspected methanol poisoning incident in Vang Vieng, Laos. One young Australian woman was on "life support" in a Thai hospital, her …
Third person dies of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos as two ...
Nov 20, 2024 · Melbourne 19-year-olds Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones are critically ill after they drank alcohol suspected to have been tainted by methanol at a bar in Vang Vieng in Laos last …
Laos’ methanol poisoning deaths send chill through backpacker …
5 days ago · Vang Vieng, Laos – The streets of Vang Vieng are quieter than usual as global scrutiny falls on the backpacker hotspot following the deaths of six foreign tourists from …