In 1951 - 1952, two short stories on the Cu Lao Dung and Red-headed forests won the first prize of the competition organized by the Resistance-Administrative Committee of the South. His name is really well known in the literature after the short story collection Huong jungle Ca Mau - 1962. Up to now, this is still a collection of short stories ranked high among the unique works of the South .
In addition to the history, short stories, long stories ... Son Nam also succeeded in the editorial works such as The history of reclaiming the South, the civilization of Miet Vuon, the old Gia Dinh land, the old Ben Nghe ... "Up close" but as simple as a guide introduced the homeland. He confided: “The history of the South Vietnam is the history of the long-term recourse and self-reliance. The reckless sense of urgency opened the earth to consume my flesh. My father's life and my father's life worried about reclaiming and opening the land. So my pages devoted to reclaiming land ... This is also a topic that people of South Vietnam are very interested in, because in the memories of the old Saigon people, the old Southern people still retain a lot of seals. statue in wrestling with nature, conquering nature in the first days of opening land and water. ”