Holly Bowles (right) and her best friend Bianca Jones (left), aged 19, had been enjoying a backpacking holiday with friends ...

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, died in November last year after she fell ill from drinking free shots mixed with methanol whilst on a trip to the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng ...

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The parents of two Melbourne teenagers who died of methanol poisoning in Laos have urged Australians to boycott the country until it investigates their daughters’ deaths.

The mother of a British lawyer who died after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol in Laos said she fears she may never find out who is responsible for her daughter’s death.

The mum of a lawyer who died after drinking alcohol suspected to be laced with methanol while holidaying in Laos fears she ...

The U.S. State Department on Friday issued a health alert for citizens traveling in Laos, warning of “suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, possibly through the consumption of methanol ...

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A growing awareness of the risk of accidental methanol poisoning in Southeast Asia is apparently changing backpacker drinking ...

Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles died of methanol poisoning in Laos. Picture: 60 Minutes “The Australian Federal Police have made an offer to the authorities in Laos to provide their assistance in ...

Despite the six deaths, Mr Bowles said nobody has heard anything from the Laos government about their investigation into the methanol poisoning. Bianca’s father, Mark Jones, told 60 Minutes he ...