While the rest of the world gears up for "Barbie" on 21 July, Vietnam will not be living in a Barbie World.
On Monday, Vi Kien Thanh, the director general of the Vietnam Cinema Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, announced the ban on Greta Gerwig's newest film. The ban was decided by Vietnam's National Film Evaluation Council.
A scene in the film includes a map with the nine-dash line, a geographical line showing China's claim over most of the South China Sea, which is highly disputed among countries in the region. This pre-World War Two line has Vietnam saying the PG-13 movie violates its sovereignty.
