''Woo-e-shan, or Bohea Hills, Province of Fo-kien''. (Drawn by Thomas Allom | Kien Svay District | Kiên Giang Province | Kiến An |
The Chinese pilgrim Hsüan-tsang visited Bannu and Jaguda, Ghazni, while crossing the lands of O-po-kien (Afghans i.e. Pashtuns).
Cromwell has gained financial backing for the tribe’s casino development effort from the Malaysian billionaire Lim Goh Tong and his Kien Huat Realty arm of the Genting Group.
On the banks of the Kiên Giang River, some famous Vietnamese politicians were born and grown up, such as Võ Nguyên Giáp, Ngo Dinh Diem, and Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh.
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The Kiến Giang River originates in the Annamite Range (Truong Son Range) where various streams add water to it.
--Isn't this a lake in Angk Snuol District, where they collected water lilies and where the daughter made an offering at the end of the film? Is it still in the village of Kamreang? If so, how can Kamreang be in both Kien Svay and Angk Snuol districts?--> areas of Kandal Province near Phnom Penh, on the banks of the Mekong River.
He laboured with Anne-Marie de Mailla and Jean-Baptiste Régis on the mapping of the provinces of Ho-nan, Kiang-nan, Che-kiang and Fu-kien (cfr. Du Halde, "Description de la Chine", The Hague, 1736, I, pref., xliii; and Richthofen, "China," Berlin, 1877, I, 682).
Others who work for Kien include a reptilian joker called Wyrm who can track people by their taste, the brain-eating ace Deadhead, drug designer Quinn the Eskimo, a minor ace mercenary named Christian, Tachyon's grandson Blaise Andrieux during his brief stint as leader of the Jumpers, and a small army of crooked cops and politicians who are on the take.
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Kien's major organized crime operation is called the Immaculate Egrets, a mostly Chinatown based group specializing in drugs and extortion.
Vinaxuki or Xuan Kien Auto JSC is a Vietnamese automaker (and brand name) headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam.