Overview

• Bethany Clarke founded the Simone White Methanol Awareness campaign and petition to mandate methanol safety lessons in schools and airport warning posters
• Laotian prosecutors have prepared charges against 13 former hostel staff and distillery workers over supplying the tainted spirits
• Investigations traced the methanol-laced vodka and whiskey shots to a local distillery after authorities detained multiple employees
• The former Nana Backpackers Hostel is now listed as Vang Vieng Central Backpacker Hostel and is accepting bookings for its planned August reopening
• International travel advisories for Laos remain in effect as survivors and families call for stricter alcohol regulations in tourism hotspots