XDocument.Root Property gets the root element of the XML Tree for this document.
Imports System
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" standalone="yes"?>
<!--This is a comment.-->
<Pubs>
<Book>
<Title>C#</Title>
<Author>MJordao</Author>
</Book>
<Book>
<Title>XML</Title>
<Author>G</Author>
</Book>
<!--This is another comment.-->
</Pubs>
Console.WriteLine(doc.Root.Name.ToString())
End Sub
End Class