Two young Danish women have died in Laos. The Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs confirms in writing the death of the two young women to Danish media Ekstra Bladet.
The ministry adds that they have a duty of confidentiality in personal matters, and therefore cannot provide further information.
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Several international media, including Australian ABC News and the Thai Bangkok Post, write that the two Danes were in their 20s. It appears that the Danes had been drinking drinks mixed with methanol during their visit to Vang Vieng north of the Laotian capital Vientiane .
Their group consisting of around ten young women had on Tuesday 12 November 2024 visited a bar in the small town where they were offered shots that turned out to contain a small amount of methanol – a form of alcohol that in even small doses can be fatal.
On Wednesday morning, hotel staff found them and several others of the group unwell in their rooms at Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng north of the Laotian captal Vientiane which is popular for its freewheeling party lifestyle among young back packers.
The two Australian women were flown to to Thailand, where they are hospitalized in Bangkok and Udon Thani respctively. It is not clear from the social media comments whether the two Danes died while being treated in Laos or in Thailand.
Travellers to Vang Vieng who have witnessed or heard of the tragic news have also issued warnings on social media about methanol poisonings in Vang Vieng.
One person warned to avoid all local spirits in Vang Vieng.
“Six of us who drank from the same place are currently in hospital with methanol poisoning,” the person wrote.
We, in Melbourne, Australia have lost two beautiful young women in the same incident. Both girls died after drinking shots containing methanol. What was to be the trip if a lifetime has ended tragically. Both girls came from the Melbourne suburb of Beaumaris.