The South China Sea is dwelling to worthwhile oil and gasoline deposits.

Hanoi:

Vietnam has banned a brand new Hollywood movie starring Tom Holland over scenes with a map exhibiting Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea, state media reported Saturday.

The action-and-adventure caper “Uncharted” exhibits a map that includes the so-called nine-dash line, which units out Beijing’s expansive claims to the disputed waters, the place Hanoi has rival claims.

Sony’s film, starring Mark Walhberg, Antonio Banderas and Holland had been set for nationwide launch on March 18.

“During the movie review, the National Evaluation and Classification Council discovered that the image of the nine-dashed line appeared in the movie,” director of Vietnam’s Department of Cinema Vi Kien Thanh advised the state-controlled Zing information outlet.

“Therefore, this movie will be banned from screening.”

On the movie’s official Facebook web page, Vietnamese customers left feedback decrying the map.

“Hoang Sa Truong Sa belongs to Vietnam!,” learn one, referencing the contested Parcel and Spratly Islands.

The long-running difficulty has been intently contested within the movie world.

In the 2018 romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians”, a scene that includes a designer bag with a map of the world exhibiting the disputed South China Sea islands beneath Beijing’s management was minimize in Vietnam.

A yr later, Hanoi pulled the animated DreamWorks movie “Abominable” from screens over the identical difficulty, with Netflix additionally advised to ditch episodes of its “Pine Gap” sequence final yr over comparable scenes.

The South China Sea is dwelling to worthwhile oil and gasoline deposits and delivery lanes, and a number of other of China’s neighbours have voiced concern that it was searching for to increase its attain.

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