International Vinh Podcast

International Vinh Podcast

Economy | Trade | Technology

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September 8, 2025 5 mins

The CSCP is a highly sought after supply chain professional certification.

Learn more if it's right for you.

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In this episode I break down the main differences between these two popular professional certifications.

 

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Learn how to become customs broker and how to pass the customs broker exam.

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August 20, 2025 4 mins

Unfortunately, my track record as an entreprenuer has been dismal.

I've started a few projects but haven't gained much traction on any of them.

It's been a good couple of decades trying things out with not much to show.

Here''s a look behind some of my failures.

 

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Unfortunately, college education is geared more toward to job-training these days, emphasizing the latest skills to acquire to land a lucrative job.

I argue that you should get a good grounding in the liberal arts by taking philosophy, history, the arts and soccial sciences to become a critical thinker and better communicater.

By doing so will not only help you perform better in your job---whatever that may be---but prepare you for...

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I expain why getting your professional certification is a good idea, whatever field you may work in.

I share my story of how I struggled to break into the supply chain and trade compliance industries,  until obtaining my certifications.

 

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In this episode, I breakdown what a customs broker does and explain how to become one.

 

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Unfortunately, my track record as an entreprenuer has been dismal.

I've started a few projects but haven't gained much traction on any of them.

It's been a good couple of decades trying things out with not much to show.

Here''s a look behind some of my failures.

 

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Alex Murillo is the Chief Technology Officer at Allyn International.

We discusss his formative years in Venezuela, how he got into computers, immigrating to Florida, his work, and what his advice those aspiring to work in IT careers.

 

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Aintzane Mesa is a human resources generalist at Allyn International in Fort Myers, Florida.

 

After graduating from Florida Gulf Coast University a couple of years ago, she found her way into human resources where she is enjoyining it immensely.

 

We discuss about her career, her advice, and taking the SHRM human resources certification.

 

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In this episode, I discuss how to become a customs broker: what you need to do.

 

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In this episode, I explain what a customs broker is and what he or she does on a day-to-day basis.

 

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Trump recently announced a US-Vietnam trade deal where importers of Vietnam-made products coming into the US paying 20% tariff duty at the US ports to Customs and Border Protection.

Despite what Trump says, neither foreign countries or companies are paying these duties, as I explain.

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July 7, 2025 3 mins

In this podcast, I break it down on what is trade compliance exactly and what type of companies can you work for.

 

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I break it down in this episode.

 

Consider:

-CareerExporer: 58,000 customs brokers will be needed in the next ten years

-Department of Labor: 5% job growth through 2033

-Recruiter.com: 25,850 new jobs will be filled by 2029 

 

Salary:

-Entry-level: $49,000-$60,000/year

-Mid-level: $70,000-90,000/year

-Senior-level: $120,000-$150,000/year

-Highest: Over $200,000/year

 

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I reveal the four reasons that make the exam difficult to pass.

 

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Here are the five reasons why you'll fail:

1. You didn't sign-up for a third-party study program.

2. You didn't log at least 100 study hours.

3. You didn't take at least 6-10 past practice exams.

4. You didn't tab and highlight your study materials.

5. You didn't prepare cheat sheets.

 

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In this video, I interview Hannah Royston, a global trade compliance specialist at Allyn International who recently passed the April 2025 exam on her first try!

Topics covered:

  • What the exam is about

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I first met Miloni Gandhi in 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii at the East-West Center's Asia-Pacific Leadership Program, where she was instrumental in leading and preparing our graduate student body for a model United Nations simulation.

In this interview, Miloni traces her formative years to growing up in Cerritos, California where the diverse community inspired her to pursue an international studies curriculum at nearby University of Cal...

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Unfortunately, I did not sit for the exam this round.

However, most of my colleagues reported that the exam was not easy, and they were not overly optimistic that they had passed.

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