On 27 November 2017, the Chairman of the Higher Education Council of the Republic of Latvia, Mr. Janis Vetra, and the Consul - the Head of the Consulate of the Republic of Latvia in Vitebsk, Mr. Ugis Skuja visited VSMU.

During their visit to VSMU, the guests became acquainted with the structure of our university, its material and technical facilities, the organization of the educational process at the departments of human anatomy and clinical microbiology, and also were shown the electronic library and anatomical museum.

The new norm of free receipt of parcels at the post-offices of the Republic of Belarus is working starting from the 14th of April, 2016. One person is allowed to get the property costing not more than 22 Euros and weighing up to 10 kilograms without payment. Parcels breaking the established limit are also allowed, but the exceeding amount is liable to customs duties and the payment of the fixed customs duties is also compulsory in this case.

These limitations are fixed in the Order of the President of the Republic of Belarus № 40 dated 11.02.2016.

On 16 November, 2017, a meeting of Indian students’ community with the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus Mr. Pankaj Saksena was held. During this meeting, the issues of training of foreign citizens at VSMU and living conditions of Indian students were discussed. The problems voiced by the students were considered during the meeting of Mr. Pankaj Saksena with the VSMU administration. Plans and strategies of further cooperation between India and the Republic of Belarus in the field of science, medicine and education were also discussed.

On 15 November 2017, the delegation of the Slovak Republic headed by the Minister of Health Tomas Drucker visited VSMU. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the Republic of Belarus Josef Migash, Chairman of the Health Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Stefan Zelnik, Director General of the Pharmaceutical and Drug Policy Section of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic Matej Petrovich, Director of the State Bureau for Drug Control Zuzana Bitiova and other representatives of the Ministry of Health and the Embassy of the Slovak Republic were among the guests of our University.

​Administration of the University, Deans’ offices of the Stomatological Faculty and Faculty of Overseas Students Training would like to express their condolences to students of Iran students’ society in connection with the earthquake in Iran