VB2010: How to spawn types and sockets?

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I'm new to VB.NET, from experienced in VB6. Most I have figured out but I am unsure of how to spawn Types and Sockets.

Example:
VB6 -

Dim TypeArray() As ThisType
Type ThisType
  Bla As String
End Type

And for winsock...

Load Winsock(Index)

well that was easy! But it has me stumped in vb.net, I hear using system.net.socket is the most efficient way to use sockets so I would like to spawn those.

I need to be able to control which index is assigned to which socket, as each index will refer to certain variables.