The father of an Australian teenager who died from methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea to the Laos government to fully investigate his daughter’s death and ensure ...

VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel where two teenage Australian tourists stayed who were poisoned by tainted alcohol, one fatally, in a case ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A foreign tourist rests near a swimming pool at Nana Backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, Friday, Nov. 22 ...

A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under the spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially injured scores of others.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A woman carries a baby and walks past the Nana Backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, Tuesday, Nov. 19 ...

BANGKOK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.

VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, promising it would bring perpetrators to justice.

Laotian Police Detain Several People in Investigation of Tourist Deaths in Tainted Alcohol Incident VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel where ...

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Duong Duc Toan, the manager of Nana Backpack hostel sits in the bar of the hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — Laotian police have ...

The Laos government said on Saturday (Nov 23) that it was "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll from a suspected methanol poisoning incident now at six.

VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially ...