This is extracted from "vCenter Converter Standalone 4.0 User's Guide". According to this, GHO images can be imported to VMs. You can find the details in the Guide, which is available at
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/converter_pubs.html
Third-party virtual machines
or system images
n VMware Consolidated Backup (.vmx)
n Acronis True Image Echo 9.1 and 9.5, and Acronis True Image 10 (Home product)
(.tib)
n Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (formerly LiveState Recovery) 6.5, 7.0, 8.0,
and 8.0, LiveState Recovery 3.0 and 6.0 (.sv2i, .v2i or .iv2i)
n Norton Ghost version 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, and 14.0 (.gho)
n Parallels Desktop for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 (.pvs
and .hdd)
n Parallels Workstation 2.0 (.pvs)
n StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop, Server, SBS, IT, and so on, all versions (.spf)
n Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 (for Windows only), Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (for
Windows only) (.vmc)
n Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and 2005 R2 (.vmc)
Hope this helps.
Regards
Ilker
