The multi-part identifier could not be bound

I’ve seen similar errors on SO, but I don’t find a solution for my problem.
I have a SQL query like:

SELECT DISTINCT
        a.maxa ,
        b.mahuyen ,
        a.tenxa ,
        b.tenhuyen ,
        ISNULL(dkcd.tong, 0) AS tongdkcd
FROM    phuongxa a ,
        quanhuyen b
        LEFT OUTER JOIN ( SELECT    maxa ,
                                    COUNT(*) AS tong
                          FROM      khaosat
                          WHERE     CONVERT(DATETIME, ngaylap, 103) BETWEEN 'Sep 1 2011'
                                                              AND
                                                              'Sep 5 2011'
                          GROUP BY  maxa
                        ) AS dkcd ON dkcd.maxa = a.maxa
WHERE   a.maxa <> '99'
        AND LEFT(a.maxa, 2) = b.mahuyen
ORDER BY maxa;

When I execute this query, the error result is:
The multi-part identifier “a.maxa” could not be bound. Why?

P/s: if i divide the query into 2 individual query, it run ok.

SELECT DISTINCT
        a.maxa ,
        b.mahuyen ,
        a.tenxa ,
        b.tenhuyen
FROM    phuongxa a ,
        quanhuyen b
WHERE   a.maxa <> '99'
        AND LEFT(a.maxa, 2) = b.mahuyen
ORDER BY maxa;

and

SELECT  maxa ,
        COUNT(*) AS tong
FROM    khaosat
WHERE   CONVERT(DATETIME, ngaylap, 103) BETWEEN 'Sep 1 2011'
                                        AND     'Sep 5 2011'
GROUP BY maxa;