Vietnam has banned Warner Bros' film 'Barbie' from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China's unilaterally claimed territory.

China's controversial nine-dash line was repudiated in an international arbitration ruling by a court in The Hague in 2016, but China refuses to recognize the ruling.

In 2019 the Vietnamese government pulled DreamWorks' animated film 'Abominable' and last year it banned Sony's action movie 'Unchartered' for the same reason. Netflix also removed an Australian spy drama 'Pine Gap' in 2021.