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

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

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

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

Authorities have named the American tourist who was one of five people to die of suspected methanol poisoning at a hostel in ...

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

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

Six travelers have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, Laos. Most of these incidents occur in Asia, ...

Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...

Laos has banned the sale and consumption of a local alcohol brand following the death of six foreign tourists due to alleged ...

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

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