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

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

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

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

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

A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has ...

Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...

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

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

The deaths of six backpackers, including two Australian teenagers, have highlighted the dangers of contaminated alcohol in ...

The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...

The problem with methanol poisoning is that it looks very much like alcohol poisoning. And delays in treatment can be fatal.