Make VB5 install using the UTF8 character set rather than Latin1

[PiotrGT1]

How can I get my VB to install using UTF8 rather than Latin1?
I dont understand why Wordpress installed as UTF8 and VB as Latin1.... Whats up with that?

[PiotrGT1]

I have uncommented the line:
$config['Mysqli']['charset'] = 'utf8';

and in phpmyadmin I still see it as Latin1.....

How can I fix this?