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

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

The deaths of six backpackers, including two Australian teenagers, have highlighted the dangers of contaminated alcohol in ...

Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...

The problem with methanol poisoning is that it looks very much like alcohol poisoning. And delays in treatment can be fatal.

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

Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of ...

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

Methanol is a clear, colourless alcohol used in all kinds of everyday products like industrial cleaners, solvents, paint, cosmetics and anti-freeze. While methanol itself is not harmful ...

T he death of six tourists visiting Laos is suspected to be the result of mass methanol poisoning, after all are believed to ...

Recent incidents in a neighboring country have brought attention to the dangers of methanol poisoning linked to illicit ...