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 ...
Holly Bowles was taken to a Thai hospital after consuming ‘tainted’ alcohol shots in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng ...
A second Australian woman hospitalised after drinking contaminated alcohol in a popular tourist town in Laos has died, the ...
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