And in countries like Laos - one of the poorest and least developed in Asia - the problem arises ... to create a stronger-seeming drink or make lower-quality alcohol drinks seem more potent ...

The father of 19-year-old Holly Bowles, who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos last month, has said he was in ...

According to the Methanol Institute, the global trade association for the industry, drinking ... specific to Laos or Southeast Asia, but occurs wherever taxes on legitimate alcohol or the cost ...

Laos is one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries ... consuming cheap or homemade alcohol,” he added. Methanol is similar to ethanol, the chemical that makes a drink alcoholic.

It’s not hard to see what draws so many travellers here to this little town in central Laos ... in bootleg alcohol. For the throngs of young western travellers on South East Asia’s backpacker ...

Shaun Bowles said he was in “disbelief” when he realised his 19-year-old daughter Holly would not survive, after she and her best friend became violently ill after drinking alcohol believed to ...

VANG VIENG, Laos--A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died ... offices are common in Southeast Asia and are set up specifically to ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.

Six travelers have died from suspected methanol poisoning after visiting the tourist town of Vang Vieng, Laos ... Drink Spirits in Bali" advises people to drink beer, cider, wine and duty-free ...

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in ... Landlocked Laos is one of Southeast Asia's poorest nations and a popular ...