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The
U-shaped "nine-dash line" is used on Chinese maps to illustrate
its claims over vast areas of the resource-rich South China Sea,
including swathes of what Vietnam regards as its continental
shelf, where it has awarded oil concessions.
"Uncharted," an action and adventure film based on a video game
series about treasure hunting, stars Tom Holland and was due to
hit cinemas nationwide on March 18.
"The film was banned from distribution after we watched it and
found it contained an illegal image of the infamous nine-dash
line," state-run Vietnam News Agency reported, citing Vi Kien
Thanh, head of the Department of Cinema, a government body in
charge of licensing and censoring foreign films.
Vietnam pulled DreamWorks' animated film "Abominable" from
cinemas in 2019 and ordered Netflix in 2021 to remove some
episodes of the "Pine Gap" series over the same issue.
The Southeast Asian country this week protested twice over
military exercises by China and Taiwan in what it describes as
its exclusive economic zone, and demanded they respect Vietnam's
sovereignty and legitimate rights at sea.
(Reporting by Phuong Nguyen; Editing by Mark Potter)
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