The best friend of a British woman who died after drinking bootleg alcohol abroad has told of the terrifying moment they ...

They were on a backpacking gap year in Laos when they became ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng. They were staying at The Nana Backpacker Hostel. A map of Vang Vieng: Talking before the death ...

Bethany Clarke and Simone White, both from Orpington in south-east London, were on a night out in Laos last November ... in popular backpacker town Vang Vieng. Now living in Brisbane, 28-year ...

The best friend a Newcastle University graduate who died from methanol poisoning is calling on the government to educate ...

VANG VIENG, Laos--A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll in ...

Following the death of her friend, Bethany Clarke says the dangers of methanol poisoning should be on the school curriculum ...

Four tourists in Laos, including an Australian teenager ... first fell ill after a night out on 12 November in Vang Vieng, a backpacking hotspot in Southeast Asia. On Tuesday, Duong Duc Toan ...

While tourism continues in the popular town of Vang Vieng, the incident prompted many to be more cautious. This is a tourist currently backpacking in Laos. "I think it destroys the value of ...