Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers
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 state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country.
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 Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation for excess.
The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...
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Laos’ tainted alcohol deaths send chill through backpacker paradiseBackpacker hotspot Vang Vieng is in the spotlight following deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning.
Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in ...
The death of six foreigners in Vang Vieng threatens to undermine the government’s desperate attempts to revive its tourism ...
Vang Vieng - a tiny town on the Nam Song river surrounded by limestone mountains and paddy fields - is known for its scenery.
Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...
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The tragic death of a British tourist in Laos has cast a spotlight on the region’s problem with methanol poisoning, but also ...
A third person has died after drinking poisoned alcohol - as two Australians con tiue to fight for their lives in hospital.
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