Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos city swept up in …
4 days ago · But now, Vang Vieng’s drinking culture is back in the news. As reports of tourists’ deaths emerged in recent days, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Canada and the US all …
Laos' deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over backpacker town | AP News
4 days ago · VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six …
Laos hostel staff detained after suspected methanol deaths - BBC
1 day ago · Governments including New Zealand, Australia, and the UK, have warned their citizens about drinking spirits in Laos. Some travellers in Vang Vieng are steering clear of the …
Laos methanol poisonings: Australian teens among six tourists …
6 days ago · On Friday, the official Lao News Agency (KPL) confirmed two Danish nationals, both female, and one American national, died in Vang Vieng on November 13. “The suspected …
Deaths rise to 6 in mass alcohol poisoning of foreign tourists in Laos ...
5 days ago · VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — 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, …
'Don't drink the spirits': Laos backpackers avoid shots after ... - BBC
2 days ago · As the sun slowly dips behind the jagged peaks of Mount Nam Xay, a group of brightly coloured hot air balloons drift across the Vang Vieng valley. In the river below, young …
Laos methanol poisoning: Fifth tourist dies after 'tainted drinks'
6 days ago · Vang Vieng is a small, riverside town in central Laos and a hub for young Westerners backpacking across Southeast Asia. It's home to the Banana Pancake Trail - a …
Mass poisoning blamed on tainted alcohol in Laos, with ... - NBC News
6 days ago · The State Department said the U.S. citizen died in Vang Vieng, a town popular with backpackers to the north of the Southeast Asian country’s capital, Vientiane. “We offer our …
2 dead, 10 ill from apparent alcohol poisoning in Lao tourist town Vang …
Nov 19, 2024 · Two Danish citizens have died and as many as 10 other foreign nationals are severely ill after ingesting what is believed to be alcohol tainted with methanol in the Lao …
Deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over the Laotian …
4 days ago · Vang Vieng received more than 600,000 tourists in 2023, and expected to see even more this year, the state-owned Laos News Agency quoted the district governor as saying …
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