Australian teenager dies after drinking poisoned alcohol in Laos

Foreign tourists have a drink at a night club at Nana Backpack hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos (Anupam Nath/AP)

An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in what Australia’s prime minister called every parent’s nightmare.

An American and two Danish tourists also died after reports that multiple people had been fallen ill in a town popular with backpackers.