begin{minipage}[t]{0.3textwidth}
includegraphics[width=2in]{image1}\
indludegraphics[width=2in]{image2}
end{minipage}hspace*{0.5cm}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.65textwidth}
 <some long text description>
end{minipage}

documentclass{article}
usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{caption}
usepackage{mwe}
begin{document}
noindent
begin{minipage}[t]{0.3textwidth}
  centeringraisebox{dimexpr topskip-height}{%
  includegraphics[width=textwidth]{example-image-a}}
  captionof{figure}{Caption for fig 1}
  label{fig1}
  includegraphics[width=textwidth]{example-image-b}
  captionof{figure}{Caption for fig 2}
  label{fig2}
end{minipage}hfill
begin{minipage}[t]{0.65textwidth}
  lipsum[1]
end{minipage}
end{document}

begin{minipage}[t]{0.3textwidth}
  vspace*{-0.55cm}
  begin{center}
  includegraphics[width=2in]{image1}
  vspace*{-0.7cm}
  captionof{figure}{Caption for fig 1}
  label{fig1}
  end{center}
  vspace*{-0.7cm}
  begin{center}
  includegraphics[width=2in]{image2}
  vspace*{-0.7cm}
  captionof{figure}{Caption for fig 2}
  label{fig2}
  end{center}
end{minipage}hspace*{0.75cm}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.65textwidth}
  <some long text description}
end{minipage}