Topline Vietnam has banned Greta Gerwig’s hotly anticipated Barbie film over a scene depicting a map that uses China’s contested territorial claims in the South China Sea, according to media ...

Vietnam banned “Barbie” due to a scene that includes a map using the “nine-dash line.” Omar Zaghloul/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The U-shaped line, which was first seen on maps in 1947 ...

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That’s why Vietnam has banned the new Barbie movie over a map. The Nine-Dash Line, which has adorned Chinese Communist Party maps since approximately 1947, encompasses 80% of the South China Sea.

Moviegoers in Vietnam won’t get to see Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” film on July 21 as scheduled. Vietnam authorities have banned commercial screenings of the movie over a “nine-dash line” map.

Warner Bros. If that is the offending map, “I really can’t see what the fuss is about,” said Bill Hayton, the author of books on Vietnam and the South China Sea.

Vietnam “resolutely opposes all China’s claims in the South China Sea based on the dotted line,” Hang added in the statement. Other countries have also rejected the map.

The new "Barbie" movie has been banned in Vietnam due to a scene featuring a map with the "nine-dash line", which illustrates China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Chinese maps use the "nine-dash line" to show this disputed territory. In 2016, a Hague international tribunal ruled that China has no legal basis behind its claim to the area, which Vietnam has ...