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Vietnam orders car importer to ditch navigation maps showing ‘nine-dash line’ in South China Sea
- The app ban is part of a widening crackdown by Southeast Asian countries against depictions of disputed territorial delineations
- China’s claim to sovereignty over about 80 per cent of the South China Sea relies in part on the controversial nine-dash line
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Vietnam has ordered a vehicle importer to remove navigation apps that show maps reflecting Chinese territorial claims that are rejected by Hanoi, adding to a wave of resistance against maps showing the “nine-dash line”.
The country’s automobile registrar told the importer based in northern Vietnam to take the app out of Chinese-made cars it distributes in the country, said Nguyen To An, head of motor-vehicle quality in the registration office.
The maps showed the nine-dash line reflecting China’s disputed claim to sovereignty over about 80 per cent of the South China Sea.
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The app ban in Vietnam is part of a widening crackdown by Southeast Asian countries against depictions of disputed territorial delineations.
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Last week, Vietnamese officials ordered cinemas to halt screenings of Abominable, a DreamWorks Animation feature that showed the nine-dash line on a map.
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