Barbie is a 2023 UK/US comedy fantasy by Greta Gerwig Starring Margot Robbie, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Ryan Gosling
Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her
existence.
Vietnam has banned the upcoming Barbie movie from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China's unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea. Vi Kien Thanh, head of the Department of
Cinema, a government body in charge of licensing and censoring foreign films said: 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.
The U-shaped nine-dash line is used on Chinese maps to illustrate its claims over vast areas of the South China Sea, including swathes of what Vietnam considers its continental shelf, where it has awarded oil concessions.
Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, was originally slated to open in Vietnam on July 21. Barbie is the latest movie to be banned in Vietnam for depicting China's controversial nine-dash line, which was repudiated in an international
arbitration ruling by a court in The Hague in 2016. China refuses to recognize the ruling. Margot Robbie reveals story behind perfectly arched Barbie feet June 28, 202301:06 |