Laos News » Vientiane Capital News Laos » Vientiane Capital » Health: Australian government warns about risk of methanol poisoning and crime in Laos
Authorities say tourists should exercise a high degree of caution in the country due to the risk of methanol poisoning, which killed Australian women Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles in 2024.
News Laos » Vientiane Capital » Health: Lao authorities charge distillery owners over fatal methanol poisoning, Danish officials confirm
Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, died after the incident at the Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng in November 2024.
News Laos » Vientiane Capital » Health: Australia Summons Laos Ambassador, Calls for Serious Charges in Backpacker Methanol Deaths
Australia summoned Laos' ambassador to Canberra on Friday, saying it was "deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed" that Laos was not pursuing the most serious charges over the deaths of two ...
News Laos » Vientiane Capital » Health: Parents of teens killed by tainted liquor in Laos are angry at expected charges: ‘It’s like their lives didn’t even matter’
BANGKOK — Australia’s government and the families of two Australian teenagers who died of methanol poisoning in Laos have lambasted as inadequate the charges they said were due to be laid by Lao ...
News Laos » Vientiane Capital » Health: Laos says it cannot determine what killed six tourists who drank at a Vang Vieng backpackers
Following the growing fallout from the deaths of two Australian teenagers in Laos, the Australian Government has toughened its travel advice, warning Australians about the country’s justice system and ...
News Laos » Vientiane Capital » Health: Wolbachia mosquito releases combat dengue across Laos
The Ministry of Health’s Department of Communicable Disease Control, in partnership with Save the Children International and supported by the Australian Government and the World Mosquito Program, has ...