On 24 September 2013, the Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Gulnara Akhmadeyeva visited the Zelenodolsk Gorky Shipyard to attend the keel laying ceremony of two Gepard-3.9 frigates designed by OAO Zelenodolsk Design and Engineering Office for the Vietnam Navy. The ceremony brought together the Deputy Minister of National Defence, Commander of the Vietnam People’s Navy Nguyen Van Hien, Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of Vietnam in Russia Nguyen Chi Tam, Head of the Vietnam Defence Attache Office in Russia Vu Van Xim, Head of Board at the Regional Department of OAO Rosoboroneksport Andrey Plotnikov, General Director of Ak Bars Holding Ivan Yegorov, General Director of the Zelenodolsk Gorky Shipyard Renat Mistakhov, and representatives of the enterprise’s staff.