InnerXml includes the markup of the element
Imports System Imports System.Xml public class Test public shared sub Main() Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument() doc.LoadXml("<root>"& _ "<elem>some text<child/>more text</elem>" & _ "</root>") Dim elem as XmlElement elem = CType (doc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes.Item(0), XmlElement) Console.WriteLine("Display the InnerXml of the element...") Console.WriteLine(elem.InnerXml) end sub end class