- Report of Foreign Issuer (6-K)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of December 2010

Commission File Number: 000-51606

VIMICRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

15/F Shining Tower

No. 35 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District

Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ¨ No x

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- N/A

This Form 6-K is being incorporated by reference into the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-166948), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2010.

Vimicro Announced Resignation of Chief Technology Officer

Vimicro International Corporation (“Vimicro” or the “Company”), a leading multimedia semiconductor and solution provider, announced that Dr. Xiaodong (Dave) Yang resigned as its Chief Technology Officer (“CTO”) on December 24, 2010. Dr. Yang will remain with Vimicro as a board member and consultant to provide technical consulting services for certain research and development projects under Vimicro’s supervision for China’s National Key Laboratory of Digital Multimedia Semiconductor Technology, where Dr. Yang currently serves as the chairman of its academic committee. Accordingly, Vimicro has started its business restructuring and a search for a CTO to focus on its new growing surveillance business.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.