A VIETNAMESE cargo ship with 18 crew carrying more than 5000 tonnes of oil has gone missing in waters between Malaysia and Indonesia, an official says.

THE ship vanished from radar and lost radio contact about 180 nautical miles northeast of Singapore, and 360 nautical miles southeast of Ca Mau Cape in Vietnam, Luu Duc Tung, deputy director of Vietnam Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre said.

Originally published asVietnamese oil cargo ship reported missing