Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml Imports System.Xml.XPath Public Class MainClass Public Shared Sub Main() Dim doc As XDocument = _ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Root><Child>content</Child></Root> doc.Save("Root2.xml", SaveOptions.None) Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText("Root2.xml")) End Sub End Class