The France-Singapore Year of Innovation (YOI) was officially launched in Singapore in January this year, during French Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Frédérique Vidal’s visit to Singapore. Singapore's Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations, S. Iswaran hosted Minister Vidal and both reaffirmed the warm bilateral relations between Singapore and France and discussed ways the two countries could advance cooperation on innovation.