Deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over the Laotian backpacker town
Details have been murky over the number of tourists affected and the possible source of the methanol-laced drinks.
With a vacuum of information from police, amateur sleuths home in on backpacker hostel in Laos poisoning case
Weeks on from the first case of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, fellow backpackers investigate the culprit in lieu of ...
‘We miss our girls’: Families of suspected methanol poisoning victims return home
The parents of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles travelled from Bangkok to Melbourne on Tuesday, bringing home the bodies of their two teenage daughters.
Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos backpacker town at center of suspected methanol poisonings
The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in ...
New Zealander returns home after suspected poisoning in Laos
A New Zealander who had fallen ill from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has now returned home, authorities have ...
Vang Vieng: Laos party town stops serving shots after six tourists killed by 'methanol poisoning'
Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in ...
Laos police detain hostel staff over backpackers' methanol poisoning deaths
BANGKOK - Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported on ...
Doctor recounts fight to save life of methanol poisoning victim Holly Bowles before her death in Tha
A doctor has described the desperate lengths to which hospital staff went to save the life of one of two Australian teens who ...
Vang Vieng methanol poisonings: Laos government breaks silence on party town tourist deaths
Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...