Can Gio was previously a part of Dong Nai province before being merged into Ho Chi Minh City in 1978.
In 1979, the city launched a reforestation in Can Gio. The main workforce was volunteer youths and youths subject to re-education. After that, the resurrected forest was divided into many sub-areas allotted to district authorities of the city to administer and use as re-education centers. At the end of 1998, the People’s Committee and Party’s Committee of District 11 handed sub-area 15 under its administration over to Phu Tho Tourist Company for forming a tourist zone investment plan (Decision 101/QD-UB dated 31 December 1998). With available material and manpower resource, Phu Tho Tourist Company constructed some more works, yet retained the natural status quo and grew more trees where necessary.