HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s state media have reported that the government banned distribution of the popular “Barbie” movie because it includes a view of a map showing disputed Chinese ...

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.

Vietnam has banned commercial screenings of Warner Bros’ Barbie due to a scene that depicts a map of the South China Sea with the “nine-dash line” that is contested by the Vietnamese government.

The map featured in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" that got the film banned in Vietnam is not a geopolitical statement. It's a child's doodle, sources say.

Vietnam has banned commercial screenings of Warner Bros’ Barbie due to a scene that depicts a map with the “nine dash line”.