def METHOD_NAME(vmp_filepath):
    with open(vmp_filepath) as f_in:
        doc = etree.parse(f_in)
    for vmp_element in list(doc.getroot())[1]:
        record = {e.tag: e.text for e in vmp_element}
        if record.get("VPIDPREV"):
            yield (record["VPID"], record.get("VPIDPREV"))