Brit female tourist found dead in Vietnam in tragic mystery as cops discover empty liquor bottles in room

A BRITISH woman has mysteriously been found dead in a hotel room in Vietnam.

Police said several empty liquor bottles were found discarded in the room.

Cops were called to the villa in Hội An, a city on Vietnam's central coast in the Quảng Nam Province, shortly after 11.15am on Boxing Day.

The female British tourist, aged around 33, was found dead in a room.

A South African man was discovered dead in a separate room.

Both had registered for long-term temporary residence at the tourist villa from July.

Police have cordoned off the rooms as they probe the deaths.

It comes after a British tourist died after suffering a severe reaction to magic mushrooms while on holiday in Thailand.

The 25-year-old holidaymaker was on a Christmas break with his girlfriend when he bought the hallucinogenic drug from a shop in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.

Medics arrived at the luxury resort where he was staying and questioned his partner, who admitted they had bought the items over the counter from a nearby cannabis shop called The Glory Days.

It is legal to sell cannabis in Thailand at dispensaries.

Police raided the shop and arrested the owner on suspicion of selling category 5 narcotics after a successful undercover operation.

Police allegedly found sacks containing 7kg of magic mushrooms in the store room.

The investigating police general, Worapong Khamluea, said: "The tourist had been taking pictures at the Tha Pae Gate, a famous landmark, with his girlfriend then they went to a shop and bought magic mushrooms.

"He took them back to their hotel room and consumed them, but 40 minutes later he foamed at the mouth and collapsed from the reaction to the substance.

"Officers initially checked the store but found no mushrooms on the premises but discovered them in a storage room used by the owner.

"Four suspects were arrested, including the owner and three employees."