The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...

Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of ...

Authorities have named the American tourist who was one of five people to die of suspected methanol poisoning at a hostel in ...

James Louis Hutson, 57, of the US, and Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20 and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, both Danish, were ...

Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...

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

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to ...

Six travelers have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, Laos. Most of these incidents occur in Asia, ...

Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...

Two Danes, two Australians, a Briton and an American died from methanol poisoning after visiting Vang Vieng, an idyllic town ...

Authorities in Laos have reportedly banned the sale and consumption of a vodka and whisky brand after six tourists died from ...