867c4b58_VB_Net___Modifiers__Modifier
[S.N] 8 [Description] Specifies that one or more declared programming elements are accessible from within the assembly that contains their declaration, not only by the component that declares them. Friend access is often the preferred level for an application's programming elements, and Friend is the default access level of an interface, a module, a class, or a structure. [Modifier] 
Friend
VB.Net - Modifiers