It offers both the IB diploma program and AP coursework and is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Saigon South International School was founded in 1997 by the Phu My Hung Corporation to accommodate an increasing demand for American education by both residents and expatriate families.

SSIS is owned by the Phu My Hung Corporation but operates as a non-profit entity.

SSIS offers an American standards-based curriculum, augmented by the Advanced Placement (AP) Program and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), in high school.

Saigon South International School has a 6-hectare (15-acre) campus with three main buildings that contain over 1,000 students in Early Childhood 3 (EC3) – Grade 12.