Bethany Clarke and Simone White had been best friends since the first year of primary school and had been so excited to go ...

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

Vietnam's alcohol tax hikes mark a bold public health push, but critics warn they could cripple the drinks industry. With ...

A British woman who narrowly survived a lethal methanol poisoning incident in Laos last year has spoken publicly for the ...

A survivor of the Laos methanol poisoning that killed two Australian girls is speaking out on the harrowing experience and ...

A travel agent whose 28-year-old daughter died from methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos is backing a petition for the dangers of methanol poisoning to be covered in the school curriculum – and ...

DOWNING shot after shot of vodka just hours after landing in New Zealand, backpacker Ashley King could feel herself becoming ...

A spotlight is being put on counterfeit liquor in Southeast Asia after six people died from methanol poisoning in the Laotian backpacker hotspot Vang Vieng.

The mass poisoning is thought to have originated at a backpacker hostel in the town of Vang Vieng in Laos, which is now closed and under investigation.

Questions linger in Vang Vieng LAOS: The bars of bustling Vang Vieng remain open, but information on the investigation into the deaths of six backpackers from suspected methanol poisoning is scarce ...

British backpacker Tash Moore, 21, arrived in Laos just days after six people fell victim to a suspected mass methanol poisoning incident, but she says bar staff in Vang Vieng were still pouring ...