On 30 of May 2017 delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea headed by Counsellor of the Embassy of DPRK in the Republic of Belarus Mr. Pak Yong Sik and his colleague - Second Secretary of the Embassy of DPRK in the Republic of Belarus Mr. Jong Sae Nal visited VSMU.

During the visit to the university the guests got acquainted with the device of VSMU and its material and technical base. Possibilities of cooperation in the field of science and education were discussed with the leadership of the university.

On 26-28th April, 2017, within the framework of academic mobility, the representative of the Federal State Educational Establishment "Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky", the Head of the Department of general hygiene and ecology, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Inventor of the Russian Federation, Academician Y.Y. Eliseev visited Vitebsk State Medical University.

To provide advisory and consulting assistance to students and academic faculty staff, to prevent law infringement and extraordinary situations at the university, a “hotline” service has been set up including:

On 22 March, 2017, Slovak delegation from the Comenius University of Bratislava, headed by the dean of JEMED CU, Prof. Jan Danko, and his colleagues – head of the Molecular Medicine Division at the Biomedical Center Martin (Biomed), Assoc. Prof. Erika Galashova, and head of Oncology Division at Biomed Martin, Assoc. Prof. Zora Lazabova - visited the VSMU.

On 8 – 12 March, 2017, Vitebsk State Order of Peoples’ Friendship Medical University took part in the international tourism exhibition ITB Berlin 2017 (the sector for medical tourism), which was held in the Federal Republic of Germany at the Messe Berlin exhibition complex.

ITB Berlin 2017 reflects the international tourism industry to be the main forum of the industry, covering the whole world. All the directions and links in the chain of creating the tourist product were presented at the exhibition.

Participants from 5 continents, 185 countries were involved in that fair representing more than 10,000 exhibitors.