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

BEIJING, July 9 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Vimicro International
Corporation (Nasdaq: VIMC) ("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.
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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

SOURCE Vimicro International Corporation

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