‘Bye, Barbie’ Vietnam bids adieu! Barbie banned by Vietnam for a scene showing the nine-dash line map

Vietnam has banned the highly-anticipated Barbie film as a result of a scene that includes a map that depicts the nine-dash line. The map represents China’s territorial claims over the South China Sea. The Chinese claims overlap with the unique financial zone claims of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. As a end result, Vietnam believes that its sovereignty is being violated.

All business screenings of Warner Bros’ Barbie have been banned in Vietnam. The film was initially slated for launch on July 21 in Vietnam. On Monday, Vi Kien Thanh, director basic of the Vietnam Cinema Department beneath the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism mentioned that the ban was determined by the National Film Evaluation Council.

“We do not grant license for the American movie ‘Barbie’ to release in Vietnam because it contains the offending image of the nine-dash line,” mentioned the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper, additionally citing Vi Kien Thanh.

Vietnam is one in all China’s many neighbouring international locations which strongly dispute China’s assertions. These international locations have their very own territorial claims that contest and overlap with these of China.

In 2016, a world tribunal was held in The Hague, Netherlands and unanimously dominated towards Chinese claims within the South China Sea. However, this judgement was not recognised by Beijing which has been constructing navy bases within the space for years. It additionally conducts common naval patrols to say its territorial claims.

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Barbie is just not the primary movie to be banned in Vietnam as a result of this controversial map. Previously, DreamWorks’ animated movie “Abominable”, and Sony’s “Uncharted” suffered the identical destiny in 2019 and 2022 respectively.

In 2020, the sequence “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” and “Madam Secretary” have been informed to delete scenes containing the map. Furthermore, in 2021, Netflix was ordered to take away the Australian spy drama “Pine Gap” from the Vietnamese market.

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Directed by Greta Gerwig, Barbie is ready to launch on July 21 this yr. It stars Margot Robbie because the beloved doll, Barbie, reverse Ryan Gosling as Ken. Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives as they revel within the vibrant, and seemingly good, world of Barbie. However, when the 2 enterprise into the true world they uncover the fun and perils of a life amongst people.