Module Module1 Sub Main() Console.OutputEncoding = Text.Encoding.Unicode ' normal identifiers allowed Dim a = 0 ' unicode characters allowed Dim δ = 1 ' ascii strings Console.WriteLine("some text") ' unicode strings strings Console.WriteLine("こんにちは") Console.WriteLine("Здравствуйте") Console.WriteLine("שלום") ' escape sequences Console.WriteLine(vbTab + "text" + vbTab + ChrW(&H2708) + """blue") Console.ReadLine() End Sub End Module