HANOI, April 15 (Reuters) - Apple ( AAPL ) 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.

Cook will also meet users of Apple ( AAPL ) products to better

understand how they are employed, online newspaper VietnamNet

said.

Apple ( AAPL ) 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 ( AAPL ) 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.