Import namespaces C# vs. VB

Question

In C# you need a lot of namespaces and in VB not for the same classes from the same namespaces.

C# example:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

VB example:

Import System.Collections.Generic
Import System.Drawing
Import System.Drawing.Printing
Import System.Linq
Import System.Text

Why you need less imports in VB then in C#?

Answer 1

VB projects have Imported Namespaces (Project properties -> References tab) which indicates the default namespaces to Import for each file inside the project. System and a few other namespaces are added to this list by default.