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.
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The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...
James Louis Hutson, 57, of the US, and Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20 and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, both Danish, were ...
Weeks on from the first case of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, fellow backpackers investigate the culprit in lieu of ...
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Laos’ tainted alcohol deaths send chill through backpacker paradiseBackpacker hotspot Vang Vieng is in the spotlight following deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning.
The problem with methanol poisoning is that it looks very much like alcohol poisoning. And delays in treatment can be fatal.
Six travelers have died from suspected methanol poisoning after visiting the tourist town of Vang Vieng, Laos, this ...
Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in ...
The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...
The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.
Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...
Death of second Australian teenager comes as the owner of Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng is detained by Laotian police ...
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