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

James Louis Hutson, 57, of the US, and Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20 and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, both Danish, were ...

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

Two 19-year-old Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after apparently ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

An American man was among at least six tourists who were killed in a mass alcohol poisoning case in a popular tourist town in ...

The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, ...

Two 19-year-old Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after apparently consuming tainted drinks in neighboring Laos VANG VIENG, Laos -- Two ...

Laos, an opaque communist state that tightly ... communities and businesses about the dangers of methanol poisoning. Methanol is an alcohol chemical commonly used in industrial solvents, cleaning ...

A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has ... The early stages of methanol poisoning can resemble typical alcohol intoxication. Its more severe symptoms — such as difficulty ...

An Australian teenager died Thursday in Laos, a week after drinking alcohol tainted with methanol. Nineteen-year-old Bianca Jones is the fourth person to die since a group became sick during a ...