Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the ...

The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in ...

The mother of former Newcastle University student, Simone White, has spoken out about the “horrendous” journey she endured to ...

Police in Laos have reportedly arrested the owner of a factory which reportedly supplied the poisoned alcohol that claimed ...

Australia has warned travelers against drinking spirits made by a Laos distiller, following the deaths of six foreign ...

Vang Vieng, a popular backpacker destination in northern Laos, is at the center of an unfolding tragedy after several Western nations, including the United States and the United Kingdom ...

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family ...

Police in Laos arrested 12 people, including two Indian men, after six foreign tourists died from consuming ...

The AP quickly deployed an all-formats team that dominated the story by providing voices and color from Vang Vieng, Laos, ...

Vang Vieng, a town of around 25,000 people on the banks of the Nam Song River in central Laos, has for decades been a firm fixture on the so-called "Banana Pancake Trail" – the backpacker path ...