HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has banned Warner Bros highly-anticipated film Barbie from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows Chinas unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea, state media reported on Monday.

The U-shaped nine-dash line is used on Chinese maps to illustrate its claims over vast areas of the South China Sea, including swathes of what Vietnam considers its continental shelf, where it has awarded oil concessions.

Barbie is the latest movie to be banned in Vietnam for depicting Chinas controversial nine-dash line, which was repudiated in an international arbitration ruling by a court in The Hague in 2016. China refuses to recognise the ruling.