Nguyễn Phú Trọng
In recent years, under the rule of Raúl Castro, the Communist Party of Cuba has tried to update the Cuban socialist model by introducing private ownership and entrepreneurship. Nguyễn Phú Trọng, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, visited Havana, Cuba in April 2012, while Raúl Castro visited Vietnam in July the same year. During his visit to Vietnam, Castro told Trương Tấn Sang that it was a great honour to be able to visit Vietnam again.