The much-anticipated ‘Barbie’ movie finally releasing worldwide, but to everyone’s shock, the film got banned in Vietnam.
Now, the latest one to join the list is popular K-pop girl group BLACKPINK.
It all started after the maps showing China’s controversial 9-dash line spotted in the promotional products of every event.
The 9-dash line map symbolises China’s dominion over major part of South China Sea, the boundary which opposed by many nations, especially Vietnam.
For the unversed, Barbie banned in Vietnam after it claimed that a scene from the film includes the map with a nine-dash line in question.
White expected to release on July 21 in Vietnam, it won’t happen anymore now that the ban imposed.
Several Vietnamese people demand the Boycott of their performance on the social media. However, iME has issued an apology for the same.
Let us tell you, Vietnam’s ministry of culture and Information has already launched an investigation on the map incident.