The park is the site of the tomb of Lê Thị Riêng, a member of the committee of the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam, better known as Viet Cong.

Additionally, there is a memorial plaque for Trần Phú, the first General Secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party, marking the discovery of his tomb in 1999.

In 1968, after significant casualties on both South Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces during the Tet Offensive, the Saigon municipal government excavated large pits in the cemetery to bury thousands of bodies, which led to various superstitious rumors.

On August 23, 1986, the statue of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva was dismantled and relocated to Quan Am Pagoda in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province.

Line 2 of Ho Chi Minh City Metro is also under construction, disembarking at Lê Thị Riêng Station.