It is fairly easy to Serialize objects in Visual Basic.
What is serialization for?

Code:
Public Class Data

    Public Shared Sub Save(Path As String, Data As Type)
        Dim BF As New Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter()
        Using S As New IO.FileStream(Path, IO.FileMode.OpenOrCreate, IO.FileAccess.Write)
            BF.Serialize(S, Data)
        End Using
    End Sub

    Public Shared Function Load(Path As String) As Type
        Dim BF As New Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter()
        Using S As New IO.FileStream(Path, IO.FileMode.OpenOrCreate, IO.FileAccess.Read)
            Try
                Return CType(BF.Deserialize(S), Type)
            Catch ex As Exception
                ' File not found/cannot be read.
                Return Nothing
            End Try
        End Using
    End Function

End Class
Don't forget to add the serializable attribute on the class you wish to serialize.

Code:
<Serializable()>
Public Class SomeType
    ' Properties...
End Class
Best of luck,
NinjaNic