Apple supplier Foxconn among firms asked to cut power use in Vietnam

Vietnamese officials have called on Apple supplier Foxconn to voluntarily reduce power use by 30 per cent at its assembly plants in the north of the country where there were electricity outages last year, two people familiar with the matter said.

The request for energy-saving measures, which two other industry sources said was sent to multiple manufacturers, is precautionary and aimed at averting a repeat of last summer when power shortage led to over a billion dollars in lost output.