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

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

Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of ...

Vang Vieng is a town popular with backpackers, usually young people who travel on a budget, and has a reputation for cheap ...

The other four victims have been named as Simone White, a 28-year-old lawyer from the UK; James Louis Hutson, a 57-year-old ...

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

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to ...

Police in Laos have detained eight members of staff at a backpacker hostel following the deaths of six tourists from ...

A hostel owner and manager have been arrested by police, and six tourists have now died in a tainted alcohol tragedy in Laos.

The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with ...

Two Danes, two Australians, a Briton and an American died from methanol poisoning after visiting Vang Vieng, an idyllic town ...