[Vimicro Announces Changes to Board of Directors BEIJING, December 30, 2013 — Vimicro International Corporation (NASDAQ: VIMC) (“Vimicro” or the “Company”), a leading video processing IC and surveillance solution provider, today announced that Dr. Darrin J. Young will join the Company’s Board of Directors as an independent director, effective January 1, 2014. The Company also announced that Dr. Theodore Van] [VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 15/F Shining Tower Form 20-F x Form 40-F o o o VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION John Zhonghan Deng]

[Vimicro Enters into Share Repurchase Transaction BEIJING, December 18, 2013 — Vimicro International Corporation (VIMC) (“Vimicro” or the “Company”), a leading video processing IC and surveillance solution provider, today announced that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Agreement”) with General Atlantic investment funds (“General Atlantic”) to repurchase ordinary shares and ADSs (the “Securities”) held by General] [VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 15/F Shining Tower Form 20-F x Form 40-F o o o VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION John Zhonghan Deng Chairman and Chief Executive Officer]

[Vimicro International Receives Large Order for a SVAC Solution Deployment in Baoding City, Hebei Province BEIJING, China — December 10, 2013 — Vimicro International Corporation (NASDAQ: VIMC) (“Vimicro” or the “Company”), a leading video processing IC and surveillance solution provider, today announced that its subsidiary Shanxi Zhongtianxin Science and Technology Co., Ltd. has received an order for a SVAC (Surveillance] [VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 15/F Shining Tower Form 20-F x Form 40-F o o o VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION John Zhonghan Deng Chairman and Chief Executive Officer]

[Vimicro Announces Unaudited Third-Quarter 2013 Financial Results BEIJING, China — November 4 , 2013 — Vimicro International Corporation (NASDAQ: VIMC) (“Vimicro” or the “Company”), a leading video processing IC and surveillance solution provider, today announced unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013 . Third-Quarter 2013 Results Net revenue in the third quarter of 2013 was $] [VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 15/F Shining Tower Form 20-F x Form 40-F o o o VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION John Zhonghan Deng]

[Vimicro Announces Unaudited Second-Quarter 2013 Financial Results BEIJING, China — July 30 , 2013 — Vimicro International Corporation (NASDAQ: VIMC) (“Vimicro” or the “Company”), a leading image processing IC and surveillance solution provider, today announced unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013 . Second-Quarter 2013 Results Net revenue in the second quarter of 2013 was $] [VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 15/F Shining Tower Form 20-F x Form 40-F o o o VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION John Zhonghan Deng Chairman and Chief Executive Officer]