Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movieover South China Sea map

1. Vietnam has restricted Warner Brothers.' profoundly expected film "Barbie" from homegrown circulation over a scene highlighting a guide that shows China's singularly guaranteed domain in the South China Ocean, state media provided details regarding Monday. (Warner Brothers', like CNN, is a unit of Warner Brothers. Revelation.)

2. The U-molded "nine-run line" is utilized on Chinese guides to outline its cases over huge region of the South China Ocean, including wraps of what Vietnam thinks about its mainland rack, where it has granted oil concessions.

3. Barbie" is the furthest down the line film to be restricted in Vietnam for portraying China's questionable nine-run line, which was disavowed in a global mediation administering by a court in The Hague in 2016. China will not perceive the decision.

4. In 2019, the Vietnamese government pulled DreamWorks' enlivened film "Odious," and last year it restricted Sony's activity film "Unchartered" for a similar explanation. Netflix likewise eliminated an Australian covert agent show, "Pine Hole," in 2021.

5. Barbie," featuring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, was initially scheduled to open in Vietnam on July 21, similar date as in the US, as per state-run Tuoi Tre paper

6. We don't give permit for the American film 'Barbie' to deliver in Vietnam since it contains the culpable picture of the nine-run line," the paper detailed, refering to Vi Kien Thanh, top of the Division of Film, an administration body responsible for authorizing and blue penciling unfamiliar movies.