Vimicro Announces the Filing of Form 20-F With the SEC.

BEIJING, July 9 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Vimicro International Corporation ("Vimicro"), a leading multimedia semiconductor and solution provider, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20- F for the year ended December 31, 2008 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 9, 2009. The report may be accessed in the "Investors" section of the Company's website at http://www.vimicro.com/ . Upon request, Vimicro will provide a hard copy of its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008, which contains its audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders. Requests should be directed to Vimicro International Corporation, 16/F Shining Tower, No. 35 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China (Attention: Jiabin Song), or by email to songjiabin@vimicro.com.

  (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070528/CNM014LOGO )  About Vimicro International Corporation

Vimicro International Corporation is a leading multimedia semiconductor and solution provider that designs, develops and markets proprietary embedded multimedia signal processing chips and solutions that enable multimedia applications for mobile phones over 2.5G/3G networks, PCs over broadband Internet. Vimicro is also expanding in the security and surveillance industry with various digital video products and solutions. Vimicro's ADSs, each of which represents four ordinary shares, are currently trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "VIMC."

  For more information, please contact:  Investor Contacts:   Jiabin Song, Senior Manager Investment & IR   Phone: +86-10-6894-8888 x7270   Email: songjiabin@vimicro.com  Shelton Group Investor Relations   Leanne K. Sievers, EVP   Phone: +1-949-224-3874   Email: lsievers@sheltongroup.com

CONTACT: Investor Contacts: Jiabin Song, Senior Manager Investment & IR, +86-10-6894-8888 x7270, or songjiabin@vimicro.com; Shelton Group Investor Relations - Leanne K. Sievers, EVP, +1-949-224-3874, or lsievers@sheltongroup.com