Tượng ở khu này.

Here, ở shows location. It usually means to be at / in / located at.

So in Tượng ở khu này, ở connects tượng with the place khu này.

You will often see ở in sentences like:

• Tôi ở Hà Nội. = I’m in Hanoi.
• Nhà ở đây. = The house is here.
• Tượng ở khu này. = The statue is in this area.

It is very common in Vietnamese for ở to do the job that English often expresses with is in / is at.

Vietnamese often does not need a separate word for is/are in simple sentences, especially when talking about location, identity, or description.

In English, you need:

• The statue is in this area.

In Vietnamese, you can simply say:

• Tượng ở khu này.

So the idea of is is understood from the structure. This is normal Vietnamese grammar, not something missing.

In Vietnamese, demonstratives like này (this) usually come after the noun.

So:

• khu này = this area
• nhà này = this house
• người này = this person

This is different from English, where this comes before the noun.

So:

• English: this area
• Vietnamese: khu này

Khu means something like area, zone, section, or district, depending on context.

It is a fairly general word for a particular part of a place.

Examples:

• khu này = this area
• khu du lịch = tourist area
• khu dân cư = residential area
• khu công nghiệp = industrial zone

So in this sentence, khu này means this area or this section/place.

Not always.

Vietnamese often uses classifiers, but they can be omitted, especially in short, simple, or context-based sentences.

For tượng (statue), you may sometimes hear:

• bức tượng = a/the statue

So a fuller version could be:

• Bức tượng ở khu này.

But Tượng ở khu này is still understandable, especially if the context already makes it clear that you are talking about a statue.

In general:

• bức tượng sounds a bit more explicit or natural in careful speech
• tượng alone can still work, especially in brief statements, labels, or conversational context

By itself, tượng does not clearly mark singular or plural. Vietnamese nouns usually do not change form for plural the way English nouns do.

So tượng could mean:

• the statue
• a statue
• sometimes even statues, depending on context

If you want to make plural clearer, you might say:

• những tượng or more naturally, depending on context, a different phrasing

But in many cases, context tells you whether it is one or more.

So in this sentence, an English translation might choose the statue or a statue, depending on the situation.

It can be natural, but it is also a bit short and context-dependent.

Vietnamese often allows concise sentences like this, especially when the topic is already known. But depending on the situation, a speaker might also say:

• Bức tượng ở khu này.
• Tượng nằm ở khu này. = The statue is located in this area.
• Có tượng ở khu này. = There is a statue / There are statues in this area.

The difference is:

• Tượng ở khu này: brief, direct, topic already understood
• Bức tượng ở khu này: a little more explicit
• Tượng nằm ở khu này: emphasizes physical location
• Có tượng ở khu này: introduces the existence of a statue there

So your sentence is fine, but it is a fairly compact Vietnamese-style expression.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Tượng ≈ too-uhng with a heavy falling/glottalized tone
• ở ≈ a short vowel somewhat like uh with a broken rising tone
• khu ≈ khoo
• này ≈ similar to nye with a rising tone

A very rough English-style approximation:

• too-uhng uh khoo nye

A few pronunciation notes:

• tượng has the nặng tone, which is short and heavy.
• ở has the hỏi tone in Southern speech and a dipping contour in Northern speech.
• khu has no tone mark, so it has the level ngang tone.
• này has the huyền tone, a low falling tone.

If you are learning pronunciation, tượng is probably the hardest word here because of both the vowel combination and the tone.

No. In this sentence, ở khu này means in this area or at this area.

Vietnamese ở is about location, not origin.

If you want to say from this area, Vietnamese would normally use từ:

• từ khu này = from this area

So:

• ở khu này = in this area
• từ khu này = from this area

That distinction is important.