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

A methanol poisoning incident in Vang Vieng, Laos, has resulted in six tourist deaths, including citizens from Australia, ...

The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...

The two women reportedly drank from a batch of alcohol allegedly laced with methanol. This same tainted batch has been linked ...

Methanol is highly toxic and as little as one shot can be fatal. It is difficult to distinguish from ethanol, the alcohol found in beer, wine, and spirits, because it is colourless, odourless, and ...

A fundraiser has been set up for the two Melbourne teenagers who died from methanol poisoning while holidaying in Laos.

A growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, following the ...

Text messages from two Danish backpackers who died in a mass poisoning in Laos suggest the pair had been vomiting blood for ...

A tragic incident in Vang Vieng, Laos, resulted in the deaths of foreign tourists from methanol-contaminated alcohol. The Lao ...

The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.

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

A British backpacker who was given ‘free vodka’ at the Laos hostel at the centre of a suspected mass methanol poisoning told ...