BANGKOK: The Laos government said on 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.

Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, had been on a trip of a lifetime backpacking across South East Asia when their lives were tragically cut short.

Laotian authorities have been working to rid the town of its deadly reputation. Clearly, they haven’t worked hard enough.

OFFICIALS in several countries are warning of the dangers of consuming alcoholic drinks that contain methanol after the ...

Ms Jones, 19, was holidaying with friend Holly Bowles, also 19, at popular tourist town Vang Vieng in Laos when she fell ill ...

The government of Laos has released its first statement in response to tourists becoming ill and dying from methanol ...

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

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a ...

An American man was among at least six tourists who were killed in a mass alcohol poisoning case in a popular tourist town in ...

They have stopped serving shots in the backpacker bars of Vang Vieng. The night spots of this south-east Asian tourist town ...

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok ...

A second Australian woman who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, ...