Vietnam has prohibited the new Barbie film from being released on account of an “offensive image” that has fans guessing as to what the much-anticipated flick has in store, reports news.com.au.
The pink-and-plastic-filled production, which is hitting cinema screens worldwide later this month, has been banned due to a scene that shows a map of the heavily-debated borders of the South China Sea.
A senior official from Vietnam revealed that the film showed an “offensive image” of the so-called “nine-dash line”, a boundary in the shape of a “u” seen in Chinese maps to show the country’s disputed claim over the bulk of the body of water.
China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brunei have all contested as to where the national boundaries lie in the South China Sea.
An international tribunal ruled against China’s claim in 2016, however Beijing did not recognise the ruling.