Along with Mr. Vuong Hong Sen ( 1902 - 1996 ), the writer Son Nam ( 1926 - 2008 ) was one of a few prestigious & profound researchers and scholar in the South of Vietnam having many valuable works - monographs on many academic fields such as history, geography, literature, culture, especially folk culture. His works - monographs are significant contributions towards preservation and promotion of the quintessence of spiritual cultural heritage of Vietnam. Besides, he was also a talented writer of the short story's genre. The Publication - book-set of 3 volumes that you are holding compiled almost all his short stories. The book-set titled The Perfume of the Ca Mau Jungle providing a readership with comprehensive view on Son Nam - the talented writer - author of long & short stories that imbued with lyric feeling towards hard childhood, unfortunate countryside life, distant profound recollections of homeland - the Western rural provinces of the Vietnam South. Emphatically that these long & short stories were written before 1975. Here are some the most representative ones: 1 - HUONG RUNG. 2 - MUA LEN TRAU - Buffalo-keeping boys. ( This short story was re-written for film scenario by Vietnamese overseas producer Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh in the year of 2003. The film was highly appreciated ). 3 - TINH NGHIA GIAO KHOA THU. It is sure that this Publication is an interesting and useful reference for large readership, researchers, overseas Vietnamese & foreigners who would like to understand a national traditional culture of Vietnam.