Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 tourists and potentially injured scores of others ...

A third Australian has fallen ill after consuming methanol-laced alcohol in Laos. So far, six people have died and eight ...

The arrest came after two Danish citizens, an American, a Briton, and two Australians died after drinking alcohol believed to ...

Facing methanol poisoning in a place like Laos means hurdles to getting help, including accessing health care in time.

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