Đây là ấn bản mới của tiểu thuyết.

Đây means this / here is. In sentences like this, it is commonly used to point something out or identify something.

So Đây là ... is a very common pattern meaning This is ...

• Đây là ấn bản mới của tiểu thuyết. = This is the new edition of the novel.

It is different from này, which usually comes after a noun:

• cuốn sách này = this book

So:

• Đây là cuốn sách này would be wrong.
• You either say Đây là cuốn sách = This is a book
• or cuốn sách này = this book

Là is the Vietnamese word often used as a linking verb, similar to to be in English when identifying or equating things.

In Đây là ấn bản mới của tiểu thuyết:

• Đây = this
• là = is
• ấn bản mới của tiểu thuyết = the new edition of the novel

So the structure is:

Đây + là + noun phrase
= This is + noun phrase

However, Vietnamese does not always use là in every sentence where English uses is. It is especially common when:

• identifying something
• defining something
• saying X is Y

Ấn bản means edition, printing, or sometimes published version, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most naturally means edition.

Examples:

• ấn bản mới = new edition
• ấn bản đầu tiên = first edition
• ấn bản đặc biệt = special edition

This is a somewhat formal/literary term. In casual conversation, people may sometimes use other words depending on context, but ấn bản is perfectly correct.

In Vietnamese, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• ấn bản mới = edition new = new edition
• cuốn sách hay = book interesting = interesting book
• nhà lớn = house big = big house

That is one of the most important word-order differences from English.

Here, mới describes ấn bản, not tiểu thuyết. So the phrase means:

• ấn bản mới = new edition

not

• a novel that is new

Của shows possession or a relationship similar to of or sometimes 's in English.

So:

• ấn bản mới của tiểu thuyết = the new edition of the novel

You can think of it as linking two nouns:

• A của B = A of B / B's A

More examples:

• bìa của sách = the cover of the book
• tên của tôi = my name
• nhân vật của tiểu thuyết = the character(s) of the novel

In your sentence, của tiểu thuyết tells us what the edition belongs to or is associated with.

Vietnamese does not use articles the same way English does. There is no direct equivalent that must always appear for a/an or the.

So a noun like tiểu thuyết can mean:

• a novel
• the novel
• novel(s)

The exact meaning depends on context.

In your sentence, the overall meaning is understood from the situation, so tiểu thuyết can naturally be interpreted as the novel.

This is very normal in Vietnamese. Learners often want to add something for the, but usually Vietnamese simply does not need it.

Classifiers are often used with countable nouns, especially when you are talking about a specific item with a number or demonstrative.

For example:

• một cuốn tiểu thuyết = a novel
• cuốn tiểu thuyết này = this novel

But after của, Vietnamese often allows just the bare noun:

• ấn bản mới của tiểu thuyết = the new edition of the novel

You could also hear more explicit versions in some contexts, such as:

• ấn bản mới của cuốn tiểu thuyết này

That would mean something more like:

• the new edition of this novel

So the absence of a classifier here is normal and natural.

It can mean both in Vietnamese, but here it clearly means new because it is directly describing a noun:

• ấn bản mới = new edition

When mới is used with verbs or time expressions, it can mean just, only just, or recently:

• Tôi mới ăn. = I just ate.
• Anh ấy mới đến. = He just arrived.

So Vietnamese learners need to use position and structure to understand which meaning is intended.

Yes, it is natural and correct, especially in a more formal, literary, or publishing-related context.

It sounds like something you might read or hear when:

• presenting a book
• discussing publishing
• describing a specific edition

In everyday speech, people might sometimes phrase it differently depending on what they want to emphasize, for example:

• Đây là bản mới của cuốn tiểu thuyết này.
• Đây là ấn bản mới nhất của tiểu thuyết. = This is the latest edition of the novel.

But your sentence is fully normal.

The meanings are different.

• Đây là ấn bản mới của tiểu thuyết.
  = This is the new edition of the novel.

• Đây là tiểu thuyết mới.
  = This is a new novel.

So in your original sentence, the novel itself is not necessarily new; what is new is the edition.

That difference is carried by:

• ấn bản mới = new edition vs.
• tiểu thuyết mới = new novel

A learner will usually want to pay attention to the tones:

• ấn: has the ngã/hỏi-family? No—more specifically, it has the sắc? Actually, in standard spelling, ấn has the sắc-like acute? No: it has the circumflex + acute? The important point for learners is that it is a short, checked syllable ending in -n, with a marked tone.
• bản: has the hỏi tone
• tiểu: has the hỏi tone
• thuyết: has the sắc tone and ends in -t

A practical learner-friendly way to approach them:

• ấn bản: say both syllables clearly and keep the tones distinct
• tiểu thuyết: be careful not to flatten the tones, especially on tiểu

If you are studying Northern Vietnamese, Southern Vietnamese, or another accent, the exact sound of the tones may differ a bit, but the written tone marks remain the same.

Yes, in terms of meaning, that is fine.

• ấn bản mới của tiểu thuyết
  can be understood as
• the novel's new edition or
• the new edition of the novel

In English, the new edition of the novel sounds more natural. In Vietnamese, của is a very common and flexible way to express this relationship, even when English might choose either of or 's.

So của does not always map to just one English word. It depends on what sounds natural in context.