[1][2] Set up in 2009 by Khoi Nguyen Education Group (KNE Group), CIS was advised by the District School Board of Niagara, becoming the first international school in Vietnam to offer a Canadian curriculum.

[1][3] In 2010, a $21 million campus was launched in Bình Chánh district, serving 30 classes from kindergarten to grade 10.

[10] Its stadium, named Maple Leaf Center, has been the home field of Vietnamese professional basketball team Saigon Heat since the 2014 season.

[11] In September 2021, Excelsior Capital Vietnam Partners (ECVP), a fund that focuses on Vietnam and is part of the Hong Kong–based private equity firm Excelsior Capital Asia, announced that it had invested in KNE Group, the founder of CIS.

According to DealStreetAsia, the investment values KNE Group at nearly $100 million and ECVP has exited the company.