Malaysia’s trade performance continued to demonstrate strong momentum as total trade expanded by 29.8 per cent to RM327.63 billion in May 2026, marking the country’s fastest growth rate in 44 months. The achievement was largely driven by robust export growth, particularly in the electrical and electronics (E&E) sector, which benefited from increasing global demand for artificial intelligence (AI)-related technologies.

The Research Management Centre (RMC), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), successfully organized a Briefing and Sharing Session on Proposal and Document Preparation for the Dana Pemacu 2.0 (MOSTI) 2026 Application. The session was conducted online via Google Meet and attended by researchers from various faculties and institutes across the university.