Frustrated Chinese vendors planted Chinese flags and removed a barbed wire fence installed by Thai soldiers along the country's border with Cambodia.

Footage shows furious restaurant owners dismantling a section of concertina wire that had blocking business to their noodle shops in the Thmor Da area of Pursat, Cambodia, on January 15.

They then placed Chinese flags in front of the property, located some two miles from a casino that was used by Cambodian troops as a military base.

Captain Thammanoon Wanna, commander of the Trat Marine Task Force, said officers were sent to the scene to confirm that the wire fence had been removed.

He said: 'A group of Chinese vendors had indeed removed the barbed wire fence and tried to negotiate that they be allowed to open their shops.

'However, the Thai side refused to allow the removal of the barrier. We eventually agreed to move the concertina wire to the back of the shops instead. Initially, no violence was reported, and Thai military forces are closely monitoring the situation and maintaining security in the area.'

Thai forces have also built a Trump-style wall of shipping containers in Sa Kaeo province. They converted the captured Ban Nong Chan area into a military stronghold with bunkers and rest areas for soldiers.

Thailand and Cambodia declared a ceasefire on December 27, ending weeks of conflict that left at least 26 Thai soldiers dead and one Thai civilian injured.

In Cambodia, the number of military fatalities is believed to be much higher, though regime chiefs have not revealed the actual figure.

Defence ministers from both nations signed the agreement at a border checkpoint. Among the conditions stipulated was the repatriation of 18 Cambodian soldiers being held by Thailand since July.

The second truce follows the collapse of an earlier flimsy peace pact brokered by US President Donald Trump in July, in a bid for a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

Thai and Cambodian diplomats have travelled to China's Yunnan province for trilateral talks to 'consolidate' the ceasefire.