Ildar Khalikov meets with Vietnam Deputy Minister of National Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nguyen Van Hien
23 September 2013, Monday
On September 23 at his meeting with Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nguyen Van Hien Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov conveyed welcoming words on behalf of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who is currently on a business trip abroad.
Ildar Khalikov briefly presented Tatarstan economic potential noting a great number of defence and industrial enterprises located in the republic. He told that produce for aircraft and ship building industries, ammunition, special chemicals are manufactured in Tatarstan.
He added that the defense-industrial sector includes Gorbunov KAPO, Kazan helicopters plant, Sergo plant, and Zelenodolsk Gorky plant.
Ildar Khalikov thanked Vietnamese colleagues for partnership expressing hope that the current visit would give new impetus to relationships. He also said that Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and Rosoboronexport (Russian defence export) render great support in cooperation with Vietnam.
Ildar Khalikov informed that laying of keel of two “Gepard-3.9” frigates that were engineered at OAO “Zelenodolsk planning and design bureau” for Vietnam Navy will be held on September 24.
Deputy Minister of National Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nguyen Van Hien thanked Tatarstan partners for support.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.