The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) has confirmed the latest in fatal pirate attacks as a Vietnamese bitumen tanker has been attacked and a crewmember murdered. The #Vietnam-flagged M/T VP Asphalt 2, carrying 2,300 tons of bitumen, with 16 Vietnamese crewmembers aboard, sailing from Singapore, bound for Go Dau, Vietnam, was attacked by pirates early in the morning of 7th December, 2014.
