In Visual Basic .NET, to retrieve the type of an object, you can use the GetType() method.
Here is an example:
``vb.net
Dim myObject As Object
myObject = "Hello, World!"
Dim myType As Type = myObject.GetType()
Console.WriteLine("The type of myObject is: " & myType.Name)
This will output:
The type of myObject is: String
Another example:
Dim myObject As Object
myObject = New List(Of Integer)()
Dim myType As Type = myObject.GetType()
Console.WriteLine("The type of myObject is: " & myType.Name)
This will output:
The type of myObject is: List1
```
Note that the GetType() method returns a Type object which provides information about the type, such as its name, its properties, and the methods it provides.