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	The 12-kilometre-long project, which began in 2009, needs another 2km of embankment to be finished, Vientiane Public Works and Transport Department director Dethsongkham Thammavong told the Vientiane Times.</div>
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	The project was financed by a US$30-million (Bt937 million) low-interest loan from South Korea to the Laotian government.</div>
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	The embankment aims to end the perennial floods in the capital when the Mekong River hits its highest level during the peak of the rainy season in July and August.&nbsp;</div>
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Vientiane's embankment nearly complete

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Vientiane's embankment nearly complete

Construction of Vientiane's flood-prevention embankment along the Mekong River will be finished by December, state media reported Monday.

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