Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos backpacker town at center of suspected methanol poisonings
The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation for excess.
Methanol poisoning in Laos has claimed six international tourists' lives, including Australian teens Bianca Jones and Holly ...
Vang Vieng - a tiny town on the Nam Song river surrounded by limestone mountains and paddy fields - is known for its scenery.
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A British woman claimed she lost her vision and became violently ill after drinking vodka at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in ...
The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.
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