Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to ...

The father of an Australian teenager who died from methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea to the Laos government to fully investigate his daughter’s death and ensure ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A woman carries a baby and walks past the Nana Backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, Tuesday, Nov. 19 ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Police in Laos detained the manager and owner of a hostel where two teenage Australian tourists stayed who ...

Six people reportedly died after consuming methanol-laced alcohol while vacationing in Laos Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. Her work includes writing about crime ...

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to reports from the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Tourists reported illnesses ...

Vang Vieng, Laos — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll ...

Laos police have detained eight employees of the hostel where Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles were staying when they fell ill. DFAT is supporting another Australian who is in hospital with possible ...

A second Australian teenager has died after falling critically ill from drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, bringing the total number of dead tourists to six, while Laotian authorities have detained ...

An American, two Danes and one Australian tourist died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos following reports that several people had been sickened in a town popular with backpackers.

he Laos government said Saturday it was "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll from a suspected methanol poisoning incident now at six. A statement ...

The Canadian government has issued a travel advisory for Laos after six tourists died due to tainted alcohol. In the travel advisory, the government recommends to Canadians that they “exercise a ...