The Australian government has issued a warning to travellers following the decision of authorities in Laos to ban the sale ...

Australian government website Smartraveller has issued a fresh warning about drinking in Laos, urging Australians to avoid ...

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

Aussie travellers have been urged not to consume certain drinks over “serious safety concerns” following suspected methanol ...

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

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

Staff from a backpacker hostel have been detained after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning after a night out ...

TOPSHOT - A motorcyclist passes the Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng on November 24, 2024. The Laos government said on ...

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

Workers at a backpackers hostel in Laos have been arrested after six tourists, including a British woman, died from suspected ...

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

T he death of six tourists visiting Laos is suspected to be the result of mass methanol poisoning, after all are believed to ...