Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People's Army of Vietnam Pham Ngoc Minh (right) breaks a bottle of champaigne against the Gepard-3.9 frigate designed for the Vietnamese Navy during its ceremonial launch into the water at the Gorky Zelenodolsky Plant in Zelendolsk.

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Employees of the Gorky Plant of Zelenodolsk during the ceremonial launching of the Gepard-3.9 frigate designed for the Vietnamese Navy, in Zelendolsk.

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Employees of the Gorky Plant of Zelenodolsk during the ceremonial launching of the Gepard-3.9 frigate designed for the Vietnamese Navy, in Zelendolsk.

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A woman-employee of the Gorky Plant of Zelenodolsk during the ceremonial launching of the Gepard-3.9 frigate designed for the Vietnamese Navy, in Zelendolsk.

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The floating-out ceremony at Zelenodolsk Shipyard for the Gepard 3.9 frigate built for Vietnam's Navy.

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Zelenodolsk Shipyard workers during the floating-out ceremony for the Gepard 3.9 frigate built for Vietnam's Navy.

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Zelenodolsk Shipyard workers during the floating-out ceremony for the Gepard 3.9 frigate built for Vietnam's Navy.

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Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People's Army of Vietnam Pham Ngoc Minh (left) and Tatarstan's Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov at the ceremonial launching of the Gepard-3.9 frigate designed for the Vietnamese Navy at the Gorky Plant in Zelendolsk.

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