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Warner Brothers Studio have put out a statement in support of their highly-anticipated Barbie film after it was banned in Vietnam due to its depictions of the world map and the 'nine-dash line'

Offending map ‘was not intended to make any type of statement’, studio insists

The film reportedly contains a scene depicting a map showing what appeared to be China’s territorial claims

Warner Bros says map is ‘child-like’ after Vietnam accused film-makers of depicting China’s nine-dash line in South China Sea

Vietnam is investigating the website of Blackpink’s tour organiser, ahead of the K-Pop superstars’ concert in Hanoi, after fans complained that it shows a map of the South China Sea with disputed boundaries.

Studio says the ‘child-like crayon drawing’ in Barbie film was not intended to make a political statement.

The cabinet has agreed to extend its foreign migrants' amnesty programme until the end of the month, allowing about 500,000 workers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam to sort out the permits they need to legally reside and work in the country.

A representative from Warner Bros. speaks out following Barbie’s recent ban in Vietnam.

Barbie has always had some degree of notoriety. She is at once a symbol of female empowerment, ridicule and consumerism. People might suspect that the recent ban of the Barbie movie by the Vietnamese government is motivated by these concerns. Instead, international political intrigue provides a better explanation.

Hụi is a constant but often hidden feature of life for many Vietnamese-Australians.

The glitter-filled movie got involved in authoritarian geopolitics by allegedly displaying Chinese propaganda.