BEIJING, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Vimicro International Corporation ("Vimicro"), a leading multimedia semiconductor and solution provider, today announced that management will present at the 12th Annual Needham Growth Stock Conference at the New York Palace hotel in New York, NY. David Tang, CFO, and Dave Yang, CTO, are scheduled to present at 11:20 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Thursday, January 14, 2010.

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Portfolio managers and analysts who wish to request a meeting with management should contact their Needham & Company LLC representative or email conferences@needhamco.com .

About Vimicro International Corporation

Vimicro International Corporation is a leading multimedia semiconductor and solution provider that designs, develops and markets mixed-signal semiconductor products and system-level solutions that enable multimedia capabilities in a variety of products for the consumer electronics and communications markets. Vimicro is also expanding business into the surveillance market with system-level solutions and semiconductor products. Vimicro''s ADSs, each of which represents four ordinary shares, are currently trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "VIMC."

For further information about Vimicro, please contact: Vimicro International Corporation Eddie Fan, Senior Investment Manager Phone: +86-10-6894-8888 x7299 Email: fanbin@vimicro.com Shelton Group Investor Relations Leanne K. Sievers, EVP Phone: +1-949-224-3874 Email: lsievers@sheltongroup.com

Vimicro International Corporation

CONTACT: Vimicro International Corporation, Eddie Fan, Senior Investment
Manager, +86-10-6894-8888 x7299, fanbin@vimicro.com or Shelton Group Investor
Relations, Leanne K. Sievers, EVP, +1-949-224-3874, lsievers@sheltongroup.com
for Vimicro International Corporation

Web site: http://www.vimicro.com/