KAZAN, April 27. /TASS/. The third Project 11661 Gepard-3.9-class frigate designed for the Vietnamese Navy has been solemnly put afloat at the Zelenodolsk Shipyard in Tatarstan in the Volga area, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.

"We have fulfilled the obligations to the Vietnamese Armed Forces on time and in a proper manner," Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov said.

As Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese People’s Army Pham Ngoc Minh said, the first frigates built by Russia’s Zelenodolsk Shipyard "have proved their efficiency."