Laos is reportedly clamping down on illegal drugs and dangerous watersports in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist destination on the Xong River. Laos is reportedly clamping down on illegal drugs and ...

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 ...

A Laos party town has stopped serving shots after six tourists were killed by "methanol poisoning". Night spots in the south-east Asian town of Vang Vieng has suspended the sale of shots following the ...

For backpackers and gap-year students, the Banana Pancake Trail has become an unmissable part of any trip to south-east Asia. It's named after the breakfast typically served up to foreigners, and of ...

That’s how the New Zealand Herald summed up Southeast Asia’s most notorious party hotspot less than a decade ago. But over the past five years, the deaths of several young Australian backpackers has ...

VANG VIENG, Laos — 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 injured scores ...