Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam to meet users, boost supplier ties

Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Vietnam, a major production hub, to meet with students, content creators, and Apple product users.

“We had an all-time revenue record in India. We grew very strong double-digits. It's an incredibly exciting market for us and a major focus of ours,” Tim Cook said Thursday during Apple's Q4 2023 earnings conference call. (File image)

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Hanoi on Monday, starting a two-day visit to Vietnam, a key manufacturing hub for the iPhone maker, during which he is expected to meet students and content creators, state media said.

Xin chào, Vietnam! Thank you to the very talented musicians My Linh and My Anh for such a warm welcome. And I loved the egg coffee! pic.twitter.com/vBGwatuXG1

— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 15, 2024

Cook will also meet users of Apple products to better understand how they are employed, online newspaper VietnamNet said.

Apple would boost its connection with local suppliers, clean water projects and education opportunities, it quoted Cook as saying on arrival.

Last week, more than 60 human and environmental rights bodies pressed Apple in a letter to take action on Vietnam’s detention of climate experts, with activist organisations urging it to weigh in on the matter, given its manufacturing links.