The identity of the American has not been revealed, but the US State Department has confirmed the death.
A night of downing cocktails at a Laotian hostel has left an American tourist and four others dead from what authorities said was methanol-tainted booze.
Most of the victims were staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vien, where they are known to have downed shots before hitting the town on the night of November 12.Iceland volcano roars back to life, sends molten lava straight towards one of Europe's most famous attractions “The police in Vang Vieng and Vientiane already came to the hostel to check, the shop we buy the vodka, check the shop we buy the whiskey,” manager Duong Duc Toan said.
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