XmlTextWriter.WriteRaw Method writes raw markup manually from a string.
Option Strict Option Explicit Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml Public Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim writer As New XmlTextWriter(Console.Out) writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented writer.WriteStartElement("Items") writer.WriteStartElement("Item") writer.WriteRaw("this & that") writer.WriteEndElement() writer.WriteStartElement("Item") writer.WriteString("this & that") writer.WriteEndElement() writer.WriteEndElement() writer.Close() End Sub End Class