Bethany Clarke, 27, and her best friend Simone White, 28, met in Laos, Southeast Asia, for the trip of a lifetime, but after ...

Laos has tried to rebrand Vang Vieng as less of a party destination. In 2012, the government closed down many of the cheap bars that catered to the backpacker crowd and pivoted toward becoming ...

Australia said "several foreign nationals" had also been victims of methanol poisoning. The U.S. State Department confirmed that an American had also died in Vang Vieng.

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 tourists and potentially ...

At least 6 tourists dead after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos 00:30. Vang Vieng, Laos — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in ...

A dark cloud now looms over the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng after Australian teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones and British lawyer Simone White died from suspected alcohol poisoning .

The US State Department on Friday issued a health alert for citizens traveling in Laos, warning of “suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, possibly through the consumption of methanol-laced ...

On Friday, the U.S. State Department said it was aware of “a number of cases of suspected methanol poisoning” in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist destination in Laos, specifically for backpackers.

Vang Vieng's tiny hospital recorded 27 tourist deaths in 2011 due to drowning or diving head-first into rocks, the Guardian reported at the time. In 2012, just one year after I visited the Laos ...

Drone footage captures Vang Vieng, Laos, where British lawyer Simone White, 28, from Kent, died after methanol poisoning. White is the fifth tourist to succumb after falling dangerously ill last ...

Bethany Clarke and Simone White had been best friends since the first year of primary school and had been so excited to go travelling together - but their adventure ended in tragedy ...

Laos has tried to rebrand Vang Vieng as less of a party destination. In 2012, the government closed down many of the cheap bars that catered to the backpacker crowd and pivoted toward becoming ...