US State Department confirms citizen’s death in Vang Vieng, where Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles fell critically ill
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An American is the third foreign national believed to have died in the Laos town of Vang Vieng, where a suspected methanol poisoning incident has left two Australian teenagers fighting for life in hospital.
Melbourne women Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both aged 19, are in hospitals in Thailand following the incident in neighbouring Laos last week.