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

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

The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, pledging ...

The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation ...

The victims were an American, two Danes, two Australians, and a Brit. Australia's prime minister called the ordeal "every ...

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

A British backpacker has died after being taken to hospital with suspected methanol poisoning after allegedly being served ...

Vang Vieng - a tiny town on the Nam Song river surrounded by limestone mountains and paddy fields - is known for its scenery.