The beautiful unknown

This lovely lady is perched in a garden near the kids' school. I drive by her(?) twice a day every day and yet I have no idea who (what?) she's a statue of. I *think* she's outside of a Vietnamese Cultural Centre, but I'm not really sure since the signs aren't in English. Frankly the building she watches over looks for all the world like a Chinese restaurant (hence my nearly endless cravings for Kung Pao chicken) but since the parking lot is almost always empty I don't think it could be a restaurant. Anyway, whatever it is, and whatever she is, she always makes me smile.