Communist party leaders ratify friendship between Vietnam and Cuba Communist party leaders ratify friendship between Vietnam and Cuba Hanoi, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) The top leaders of the Communist Parties of Vietnam (PCV) and Cuba (PCC), Nguyen Phu Trong and Raul Castro, reaffirmed on Tuesday over the phone the values of friendship and bilateral cooperation. On behalf of the PCC Central Committee, Raul Castro congratulated Phu Trong, who was reelected general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, at the recently concluded 13th Congress of the organization and wished him success in his third term. He also praised the results of the major meeting of this nation's communists and thanked the permanent and unconditional support by the Vietnamese party and people to the Cuban Revolution.