Vietnam Orders Car Importer to Ditch Disputed China Map App
- Distributor told to shed navigation app with ‘nine-dash line’
- Travel agent, film distributor also hit over controversial map
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Vietnam ordered an automobile importer to remove navigation apps that show maps reflecting Chinese territorial claims that are rejected by Hanoi, adding to a wave of pushback against map’s 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% of the South China Sea.