How to Read a utf-8 File into a VB.NET String

This code demonstrates how to load a file containing utf-8 encoded characters into a VB.NET string:

        Dim fileBytes As Byte()
	
        ' This file contains utf-8 encoded Japanese text.
        fileBytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes("japaneseUtf8.txt")
	
        Dim s As String
        s = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(fileBytes)
	
        MsgBox(s)