On the invitation of HE Somsavat Langsavat . Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affiars of Laos, member of the Central Committee of the Laos Communist Party, on March 25-30, 2006, First Vice Chairman of the Federal Society of Russian-Vietnamese Friendship Prof. Dr. Igor D. Panfilov and Head of .MK-Group. Company Mr. Alexander A. Dokhikian paid a formal visit to Laos.

In the course of the negotiations the parties discussed the conducting in Moscow Days of Vientiane, joint projects in the field of power industry with the possible enlisting of Russian companies, the current situation in constructing the factory of State Bank of Laos, gold extraction problems.

During the meeting with HE Sommad Pholsena, First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Laos and HE Nam Viyaket, First Deputy Minister of Industry, the parties discussed perspective joint projects in the filed of information protection, construction of protected communication lines and data links.